"The incredible years" 1939 to 1947
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Ursula L. Korup
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
In 1993 Ursula Levy Korup donated her memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Scope and Content
Describes the death of Ursula Korup's (b. 1935 in Germany) father, in 1938, due to mistreatment he had received in Sachsenhausen; her and her brother's separation from their mother; her experiences in the Children's Home in Eersel, Netherlands, which was run by Catholics; her baptism; the German occupation of the Netherlands; her hiding and capture; her and her brother's experiences in the concentration camps of Vught, Westerbork, and Bergen-Belsen; the death of their mother in Stutthof; their liberation and return to the Children's Home in Eersel; and their immigration to and experiences in the United States in 1947. Also included are photographs of Ursula and her brother, their schoolmates, and those that helped them.
People
- Korup, Ursula Levy.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Eersel (Netherlands)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Jews, German--Netherlands.
- Netherlands--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands.
- Orphanages--Netherlands--Eersel.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.