Kerkhoven family collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Paul Kerkhoven donated his family's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Dec. 7, 2006.
Scope and Content
Consists of papers related to the wartime experiences of Dr. CLM Kerkhoven and his family, originally of the Hague in the Netherlands. Includes identification paperwork, ration stamps and ration books, a travel permit, a British propaganda leaflet addressed to the German people, Dr. Kerkhoven's request for exemption from post-war military duty, and a copy of the May 5, 1945, edition of "De Margriet", an underground paper, celebrating the end of the war.
Genre
- Document