Minnie Vromen family collection

Identifier: irn523836
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Clara Renee Keren Vromen, the daughter of Minnie Vromen.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Star of David badge, clippings, correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Minnie Vromen and her children, Clara and Jaap, while living in hiding in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

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Clara Renee Keren Vromen papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524112
- English
- 1927-2005
- box oversize folder 1 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection documents the prewar, wartime, and postwar experiences of Clara Vromen, originally of Enschede, Netherlands, along with her mother Minnie van Dam, her grandparents Clara and Isidor van Dam, and her brother Jaap Vromen. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, a personal narrative, and clippings. Biographical materials include identification documents, paperwork regarding Westerbork, and a list of gold and silver items owned by Isidor. There are also false identification cards for Minnie and Isidor under the names of Mininie Helene Lebeboer and Frederi...
Unused yellow Star of David badge printed with Jood
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524113
- English
- 1942-1943
- overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Uncut Star of David badge issued to the Vromen family in the Netherlands. Minnie Vromen, age 34, and her 2 children, Jaap, age 13, and Clary, age 12, were living in Enschede when Germany occupied the country in May 1940. Minnie's work as a social worker helped them escape deportation to Westerbork internment camp in November 1942. She decided to go into hiding and in February 1943 sent the children to Duerne where they were hidden in separate homes with non-Jewish Dutch families. They had to change hiding places several times during the war. After liberation in spring 1945, Minnie did not k...

Minnie Vromen family collection

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Clara Renee Keren Vromen papers

Unused yellow Star of David badge printed with Jood