Joe Van Rooyen collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
6 negative strips,
3 audiocassettes,
1 magazine,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Frances Mohnke
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Frances Mohnke donated the Joe Van Rooyen collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in January 2010. Frances Mohnke is the step-daughter of Joe Van Rooyen.
Scope and Content
The Joe Van Rooyen collection consists of material related to the Holocaust experiences of Joe Van Rooyen, who was a member of the Dutch Resistance. In 1943, Van Rooyen was arrested and deported first to Amersfoort, and then to a labor camp near Berlin, where he worked for the Bamag-Meguin steel factory. He describes being tortured for information. Mr. Van Rooyen was liberated by the American Army in April 1945. Includes Mr. Van Rooyen's handwritten memoir (with typed transcript), three audiocassettes containing an oral history with Mr. Van Rooyen, a magazine containing an article about him, his identity card from 1941, a 1949-1951 blood donation card, and his 1943 work pass for Bamag-Meguin. Also includes two photographs of Mr. Van Rooyen as well as photographic negatives of an unknown concentration camp.
System of Arrangement
The Joe Van Rooyen collection is arranged in a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Frances Mohnke
People
- Van Rooyen, Joe.
Subjects
- Netherlands.
- Resistance movements, War.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
- Germany.
- Amersfoort (Netherlands)
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Identification card.
- Document
- Photographs.