Our Great Escape: The Story of a Dutch Family's Flight from Persecution

Identifier
irn724883
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2021.102.1
Dates
1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn724883

Extent and Medium

1 , PDF

Creator(s)

  • Alexander Silbiger

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alexander Silbiger

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2021 by Alexander Silbiger.

Scope and Content

PDF of an expanded version of Alexander Silbiger's memoir, Our Great Escape: The Story of a Dutch Family's Flight from Persecution, 1942-1943 (2020), 73 pages. Alexander Silbiger, originally of The Hague, The Netherlands, describes his family's attempts to escape the Nazi regime in 1942, by traveling through Belgium and France before finally leaving Europe. The family first went to Jamaica and then spent the rest of the war in Curacao. The original version of this memoir was previously accessioned as 2006.27

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Alexander Silbiger

People

  • Silbiger, Alexander.

Subjects

  • Hague (Netherlands)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Jamaica.
  • France.
  • Jewish refugees--Jamaica.
  • Spain.
  • Jewish refugees--Curaçao.
  • Jews--Netherlands--Hague.
  • Curaçao.

Genre

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