Oral history interview with Pieter Miedema and Joyce Miedema

Identifier
irn506541
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1989.67.58
  • RG-50.012.0058
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506541

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 Pieter and Joyce Miedema on June 6, 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

  • Miedema, Joyce, 1914-
  • Miedema, Pieter, 1914-
  • Malka Drucker
  • Gay Block
  • Joyce Miedema
  • Pieter Miedema

Corporate Bodies

  • Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk

Subjects

  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands.
  • Teachers--Canada.
  • Jewish children--Netherlands.
  • Hiding places--Netherlands.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
  • Christians.
  • Netherlands.
  • Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Canada--Emigration and immigration.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.

Genre

  • Oral histories.
  • Oral History
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