Correspondence of Jewish citizens (Fond 247)
Extent and Medium
3,398 digital images, JPEG
57 digital files, PDF
Archival History
NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, NIOD, (Netherlands Institute for War Documentation), Fond 247. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Feb. 2015.
Scope and Content
Correspondence of Jewish families during the German occupation of the Netherlands and their deportation. This collection includes (copies of) letters that relatives and acquaintances wrote to each other, often supplemented with photographs, identification cards, diaries and other personal documents. The emphasis is on the period of the occupation, but some files of correspondence dates from the 1930s through the late 1940s
System of Arrangement
Arranged by one series divided by several categories: 1. Prosecution of Jews (Jodenvervolging)-Correspondence. The correspondence is divided into several categories that reflect the nature of the authors, such as forced labor, Jews, hiding, resistance and the Dutch East Indies. Correspondence within the categories is organized alphabetically by the name of the letter writers.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Corporate Bodies
- Vught (Concentration camp)
- Molengoot Labor Camp
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Westerbork (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands.
- Jews--Persecutions--Netherlands--History--20th century.
- Netherlands (Territory under German Occupation, 1940-1945)
- Westerbork (Netherlands)
- Vught (Netherlands)
- Jews--Netherlands--History--20th century--Correspondence.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from the Netherlands.
Genre
- Identification cards.
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie