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804 Research collection Sobibór Jules Schelvis

Document | Accession Number: 2011.21 | RG Number: RG-41.009

Contains source materials for research of Jules Schelvis, a Holocaust survivor, on the death camp of Sobibór. Includes articles; reports; copies of evidence; documentations, illustrations; and eye witness reports. He published his findings in his work "Vernietigingskamp Sobibór /Death camp Sobibór " (Amsterdam 1993) and "Sobibór: A History of a Nazi Death Camp- Jules Schelvis" (New York, 2007, Published by Berg Publishers in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).

Date
1983-1993  (inclusive)
Language
Dutch
German
English
Polish
Russian
Extent
9,230 digital images : JPEG ; 8.38 GB.
2 DVDs ; 4 3/4 in..
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About This Document

Document Creator
Jules Schelvis
Biography
Jules Schelvis (Amsterdam 7 January 1921) was put on transport from Westerbork on 1 June 1943 with his wife and in-laws. He brought his guitar as a ‘welcome distraction to take our mind off things’. On arrival in Sobibor he managed at the last moment to join a group of men who were selected for labour in the peat camp of Dorohucza. Jules Schelvis was one of the eighteen Dutch Jews who survived Sobibor.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.

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Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Records collected by Jules Schelvisa, Holocaust survivor, for his research on the concentration camp of Sobibór and deposited to the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from NIOD via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2011

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
Conditions on Access
Restrictions on access. Museum staff and researchers are required to complete a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. Fair use only. Copies of records will not be made available for any further publication to third parties without the written consent of the Institute.
 
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