Elisabeth and Maurits Munichman family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515151
• English
• overall: Height: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm) | Width: 19.250 inches (48.895 cm) | Depth: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Small black suitcase used by 8 year old Elisabeth Blind and her mother, Schoontje Visser, when they lived in hiding in Amsterdam from approximately 1941-1945. The Netherlands was occupied by Germany on May 10, 1940. Schoontje obtained false identification papers and, with the help of Willem Schalbroeck, a resistance member, she and Elisabeth hid in various locations. The suitcase was always packed in case they had to go to a cellar during bombing raids. In May 1945, Amsterdam was liberated by Canadian forces. Schoontje’s entire family was killed in Auschwitz death camp.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515152
• English
• a: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Depth: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) b: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Metal box with keys used by Herman Munichman to store papers during the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940-1945. Herman, who was not Jewish, lived in Amsterdam with his wife, Hanna, a British and Dutch citizen, and son, Maurits. A member of the Dutch underground, Herman stole from the Germans and then sold the items back to them. He was arrested and tortured, but refused to tell what he had done and insisted that he worked alone. In 1941 or 1942, Herman sent 10 year old Maurits to live in hiding. In spring 1945, Canadian forces liberated Amsterdam. Within a few month, Maurits return...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515154
• English
• a: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Pair of dice carried by Herman Munichman during the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940-1945. Herman, who was not Jewish, lived in Amsterdam with his wife, Hanna, a British and Dutch citizen, and son, Maurits. A member of the Dutch underground, Herman stole from the Germans and then sold the items back to them. He was arrested and tortured, but refused to tell what he had done and insisted that he worked alone. In 1941 or 1942, Herman sent 10 year old Maurits to live in hiding. In spring 1945, Canadian forces liberated Amsterdam. Within a few month, Maurits returned to his parents in...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521930
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of six photographs of members of the Visser family, one photograph of a group of men and women at the Joodsche Schouwburg the day before their deportation, and letters and postcards sent from Visser family members at Vught and Westerbork concentration camps to Schoontje Visser [mother of Elisabeth Munichman].