Vera Waisvisz-Reiss family collection

Identifier: irn510425
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Vera Waisvisz-Reiss in 2002.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an apron, letters, documents, postcards, and a newspaper clipping relating to the experiences of Vera Reiss, a hidden child, and her family in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

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Orange and blue apron made for a hidden Dutch Jewish child
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510938
- English
- Updated 9 months ago
Orange and blue trimmed apron made for Vera Reiss by her foster mother, Huberta Van Pelt, in Baarn, Netherlands, circa May 1945. Huberta made the apron on the Dutch national colors to celebrate their liberation that month. Vera was born in German occupied Amsterdam in March 1942. That summer, the Germans began mass deportations to camps in the east. In July, Vera’s father Salomon allowed himself to be arrested, to spare his wife Sophie and their infant daughter. Sophie and Vera went into hiding with Sophie’s cousin Cato and then were hidden separately. Vera, now 9 months old, was sent to li...

Vera Waisvisz-Reiss family collection

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Orange and blue apron made for a hidden Dutch Jewish child