Andries Roos family collection

Identifier: irn50989
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50989

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Leo Roos, the son of Andries Roos.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an armband, a tallit and pouch, and a book relating to the experiences of Andries Roos, and his son Leo Roos, before and during the Holocaust in Amsterdam, Netherlands, during which Andries was executed for his resistance activity and Leo and other family members lived in hiding.

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Rubaiyat. Dutch Booklet
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn49152
- English
- 1944
- Updated 1 year ago
Bound booklet, "Kwatrijnen van Omar Khayyam" [Poetry of Omar Khayyam) that was printed in secret in 1944 in German occupied Holland as a cover and fund raiser for resistance activities. It was based on the English text and the translator used the pseudonym, Ponticus. It was given to Andries Roos, who was a forger of ID and ration cards for the Dutch resistance. On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands where Andries lived with his wife, Rozet, 2 year old son, Leo, and brother, sister-in-law, and niece, Abraham, Rachel, and Leni Roos. In summer 1940, Andries and Rozet went into h...
Tallit and storage pouch buried and recovered by a Dutch Jewish family
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84505
- English
- a: Height: 54.500 inches (138.43 cm) | Width: 73.000 inches (185.42 cm) b: Height: 15.875 inches (40.323 cm) | Width: 17.750 inches (45.085 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Striped tallit and storage bag recovered by Leo Roos after the war. The tallit was a family heirloom that had belonged to Abraham Agsteribbe, Leo’s maternal great grandfather, who died in 1911. The tallit, a prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish men during morning services, had been buried by a relative underneath the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam in 1940, before the outbreak of war. On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands where Andries lived with his wife, Rozet, 2 year old son, Leo, and brother, sister-in-law, and niece, Abraham, Rachel, and Leni Roos. In summer 1940, An...
Air Raid Service warden armband used prewar by Dutch Jewish resistance member
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84506
- English
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Luchtbeschermingsdienst [Air Raid Warden] armband used by Andries Roos circa 1936 to May 1940, when the German occupation authorities released Jews from serving in the Luchtbeschermingsdienst (Air Raid Defense Service). The Service was established in 1936 to protect the city against air attacks and to organize emergency services. On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands where Andries lived with his wife, Rozet, 2 year old son, Leo, and brother, sister-in-law, and niece, Abraham, Rachel, and Leni Roos. In summer 1940, Andries and Rozet went into hiding and Leo and Leni, an infan...

Andries Roos family collection

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Rubaiyat. Dutch Booklet

Tallit and storage pouch buried and recovered by a Dutch Jewish family

Air Raid Service warden armband used prewar by Dutch Jewish resistance member