… interview with Commander Gemmecke of Westerbork, a testimony on life in the camp, and a brief biography and testimony written by Toni Heller. The collection…

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… from the refugee camp. Other items include an interview with Commander Gemmecke of Westerbork, a testimony on life in the camp, and a brief biography…

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… escape and removing names from the transport list; working closely with camp commandants; relations between German and Dutch prisoners; watching prisoners…

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… fell under the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, later this changed. The camp commander was still a Dutch man, Mr. Schol, van As would…

… relationship with Hans Calmeyer and Albert Gemmeker, the commandant of Westerbork; his suspicions about what was happening to those who were deported; realizing…

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… parents but was ‘adopted’. Money for these operations came from the underground movement. The commander of Westerbork was complaining that people who…

… removed from transport lists; issues involving Portuguese Jews who claimed not to be Jewish; meeting the camp commandant Gemmeker; liberation; and the…

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… ‘gassing’ had been known before in Westerbork, but now it was confirmed. Vles tells more about the Children transport Vles recalls how the camp commander…

… starvation, the kindness and selfishness of fellow prisoners, and his work as the message boy for camp commandant Josef Kramer; his family's release in January…

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… idea how it would end. There was one time that we got little hopeful. was the commanding officers private orderly messenger boy Josef Kramers messenger…

… of documents related to the post-war investigation of the Contact Afdeling; miscellaneous documents including copies of letters Camp Commandant Albert…

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…; miscellaneous documents including copies of letters Camp Commandant Albert Gemmeker, details of a lawsuit settled in 1944, memorandum, and blank identification…

… Poland; Geneker, the commander of Westerbork; being deported in February 1944 to Bergen-Belsen with his family; his experiences there, including slave…

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… how his family managed to remain there instead of being deported to Poland. He briefly mentions Geneker, the commander of Westerbork. In February 1944…

… transports; the underground in Birkenau and having his name changed; becoming a Kapo’s assistant; falling ill with typhoid fever; working for a camp commander…

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… SS. 7:16:30 Ya’akov was appointed a Kapo’s “pipl,” to the camp commander’s wife. 7:19:37 The camp commander’s wife didn’t know or believe that the…

… liberated by British troops; the punishment of the guards, the hanging of the camp commanders, and the post-liberation conditions; how the British took…

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… during a typhoid epidemic. She describes liberation by British troops, punishment of the guards, the hanging of the camp commanders, and post- liberation…

… prisoners and film daily life in Westerbork. In the spring of 1944, the camp commander commissioned Breslauer to make what would later be known as the…

… prisoners and film daily life in Westerbork. In the spring of 1944, the camp commander commissioned Breslauer to make what would later be known as the…

… met siblings Lilo and Paul Hirsch, his future wife and brother-in-law. At the time, Westerbork was under the authority of a German commandant, but…

… met siblings Lilo and Paul Hirsch, his future wife and brother-in-law. At the time, Westerbork was under the authority of a German commandant, but…

… met siblings Lilo and Paul Hirsch, his future wife and brother-in-law. At the time, Westerbork was under the authority of a German commandant, but…

… prisoners and film daily life in Westerbork. In the spring of 1944, the camp commander commissioned Breslauer to make what would later be known as the…

… met siblings Lilo and Paul Hirsch, his future wife and brother-in-law. At the time, Westerbork was under the authority of a German commandant, but…

… prisoners and film daily life in Westerbork. In the spring of 1944, the camp commander commissioned Breslauer to make what would later be known as the…

… prisoners and film daily life in Westerbork. In the spring of 1944, the camp commander commissioned Breslauer to make what would later be known as the…

… moment that Jewish prisoner Rudolf Breslauer was ordered by camp commander Gemmecker to film the events. Settela was gassed in Auschwitz-Birkenau, probably…

… moment that Jewish prisoner Rudolf Breslauer was ordered by camp commander Gemmecker to film the events. Settela was gassed in Auschwitz-Birkenau, probably…