Oral history interview with Jan Brinkers, Willie Brinkers, and Andries van der Meer
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Gay Block
- Malka Drucker
Biographical History
Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Jan Brinkers, Willie Brinkers, and Andries van der Meer on July 17, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.
Archival History
Gay Block
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Malka Drucker
- Andries van der Meer
- Brinker, Willie, 1914-
- Jan Brinkers
- Meer, Andries van der, 1921-
- Gay Block
- Willie Brinkers
- Brinker, Jan, 1915-
Subjects
- Putten (Netherlands)
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Renswoude (Netherlands)
- Hiding places--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands.
- Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Germans--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands.
- Protestants--Netherlands.
- Antisemitism in education--Netherlands.
- Jews--Persecutions--Netherlands.
- Men--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Oral histories.
- Oral History
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