Overview
- 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.
Browse 12 Items In This Collection
De Groot family visits Sonsbeek Park in spring 1939
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4833 | Film ID: 2878
Annual flower parade in Arnhem
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4834 | Film ID: 2878
Extended family visits with the de Groots in Arnhem
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4835 | Film ID: 2878
De Groot family walks to Sonsbeek Park; Castle Zypendaal
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4836 | Film ID: 2878
Rachel de Groot's performance for a swimming diploma
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4837 | Film ID: 2878
Visiting the park and the zoo in prewar Netherlands
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4838 | Film ID: 2878
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
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
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
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
Ice-skating in prewar Netherlands
Film | Accession Number: 2009.341.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4843 | Film ID: 2878
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
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