Jan Willem Slotboom letter

Identifier

irn501868

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

1997.A.0366

Dates

1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945

Level of Description

Item

Languages

Dutch

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501868

Extent and Medium

folder

Creator(s)

Jan W. Slotboom

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Jan Willem Slotboom wrote the letter in Gerrit Dop and Aaltje Breunesse in 1945. Wiebe van Ijken, grandson of Gerrit Dop and Aaltje Breunesse, gave a photocopy of the letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 1997.

Scope and Content

Contains a photocopy of an eight page 1945 letter written by Jan Willem Slotboom, in which he describes his internment in "Heinkel Werken," a "commando" of the main camp Sachsenhausen where he met Wieb Dop. Slotboom describes camp life and friendship with Wieb, but does not know what happened to him.

Genre

Letter.
Document

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