Oral history interview with Johannes de Vries

Identifier
irn506500
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.17
  • RG-50.012.0017
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506500

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Creator(s)

  • Malka Drucker
  • Gay Block

Biographical History

Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Johannes de Vries on June 2, 1988 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.

Archival History

Gay Block

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Johannes de Vries
  • Gay Block
  • Vries, Johan de.
  • Malka Drucker

Corporate Bodies

  • Yad Vashem (Jerusalem)

Subjects

  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Netherlands.
  • Hiding places--Netherlands.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands.
  • Coal miners--Netherlands.
  • Jews--Netherlands.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
  • Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Friesland (Netherlands)

Genre

  • Oral History
  • Oral histories.
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