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Louis de Groot collection

Collection
Collection Summary
Original film footage of pre war life in Holland; film shot by Meijer de Groot; documents, photographs and correspondence surrounding the de Groot family during the Holocaust, several of whom perished in Auschwitz. Includes letters from donor's sister Rachel, documents from the Red Cross about the fate of the de Groot family, and Rachel de Groot's homework notebook. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Louis de Groot.
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Louis de Groot papers

Document | Accession Number: 2009.341.1


De Groot family visits Sonsbeek Park in spring 1939

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4833 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  Spring 1939

Annual flower parade in Arnhem

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4834 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1938 or 1939

Extended family visits with the de Groots in Arnhem

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4835 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  Spring 1941

De Groot family walks to Sonsbeek Park; Castle Zypendaal

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4836 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1940

Rachel de Groot's performance for a swimming diploma

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4837 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  circa 1938-1941

Visiting the park and the zoo in prewar Netherlands

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4838 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1937?

De Groot family and friends gather for tea in Park Sonsbeek

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4839 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1936-1938

Family visits Sonsbeek Park and the bridge across the Rhine in prewar Arnhem

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4840 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1938

Children play near the de Groot home and go swimming; extended family goes to Sonsbeek Park in prewar Arnhem

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4841 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1937-1938

Children play at a farm in the Netherlands where Rachel de Groot spent the summer of 1941

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4842 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  Summer 1941

Ice-skating in prewar Netherlands

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4843 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1939-1941

Riding the merry go round and walking along gardens in prewar Netherlands

Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4844 | Film ID: 2878

Date
Event:  1937? and Summer 1940
 
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