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Oral history interview with Leonard Vis

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.373 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0559

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    Oral history interview with Leonard Vis

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Leonard Vis, born September 16, 1930 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, discusses his home life; his family’s decision to remain in Holland in 1939; attending a Jewish school after the invasion; losing touch with his friends; going into hiding at a neighbor’s home with his siblings in 1942; moving to Huizen to live with another family from 1942 to 1943; getting caught in 1943; his detainment in a Jewish Theater in Amsterdam and his imprisonment in Haarlem; escaping a train headed to Westerbork concentration camp in 1943; hiding until 1945; reuniting with his family after liberation; immigrating to the United States in 1954; joining the U.S. Army and being stationed in Germany and Austria from 1955 to 1956; and his life after his service ended.
    Interviewee
    Leonard Vis
    Interviewer
    Ina Navazelskis
    Date
    interview:  2008 November 09

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 digital files : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Vis, Leonard, 1930-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Ina Navazelskis, Program Coordinator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the interview with Leonard Vis on November 9, 2008. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in January 2010.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:03:34
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