Holocaust survivor A mother writes to her children
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Creator(s)
- Rose J. De Liema
Biographical History
Rose van Gelder De Liema is a native of The Hague, Netherlands, and a survivor of the Holocaust. After nearly two years of hiding with her husband, they were captured and deported to Auschwitz. Both were liberated by the Russian Army and were reunited in The Hague in the fall of 1945. The De Liema family immigrated to the United States in 1950 and settled in Mission Viejo, California.
Archival History
Rose J. De Liema
Acquisition
The testimony was written by Rose De Liema as a memorial to her family, all of whom, with the exception of her husband, died in Auschwitz. She completed the testimony in 1975.
Scope and Content
Contains information about the peaceful life of Rose De Liema in the Netherlands before the Holocaust, the German invasion of the Netherlands, the deaths of most of her family members, her life in hiding, and her eventual capture and deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Also included is information about De Liema's friendship with members of the Anne Frank family in Auschwitz.
People
- De Liema, Sal.
- Frank, Anne, 1929-1945.
- De Liema, Rose.
- Diependaal, Mem.
- Rose J. De Liema
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Germany. Gestapo
- Liebau (Concentration camp)
- Westerbork (Concentration camp)
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
- Vught (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Women concentration camp guards.
- Jews--Netherlands.
- Escapes.
- Breda (Netherlands)
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Forced labor.
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
- Genealogy.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists.
- Hague (Netherlands)
- Hiding places.
- Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from the Netherlands.
Genre
- Document