Miep Kaempfer-van Engel collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523826
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Papers consist of material relating to the experiences of Miep van Engel as a hidden child in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. Included is an announcement, with an affixed photograph, written by Bernard van Engel (donor's father) looking for his daughter after World War II; photograph of van Engel with her rescuer; clipping and articles from Dutch newspapers; a ration card used by the Hellinga family who hid van Engel; and illegal announcements published by the Dutch underground with whom Dirk and Sjoukje Hellinga [donor's rescuers] were actively involved.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn523827
• English
• overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Liberation ribbon given to 6 year old Miep van Engel in May 1945. It was distributed by Canadian troops after their liberation of the Netherlands. The country had occupied in May 1940 by Nazi Germany. In 1943, Miep’s father, Bernard, decided that the family needed to go into hiding because his employer, Phillips Electronics, could no longer keep Jewish employees exempt from deportation. With the assistance of the underground movement, Miep was sent to live with a Protestant family, Dirk and Sjoukje Hellinga, in Nij Beets in Friesland. They got her false identification documents and she was ...