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Oral history interview with Geertruida Finkelstein

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.70.130 | RG Number: RG-50.583.0130

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    Oral history interview with Geertruida Finkelstein

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Geertruida Finkelstein (née Shapiro), born June 18, 1925 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, describes growing up in the Netherlands before the war; experiencing the beginning of the war and German occupation; fleeing Amsterdam with the help of the underground; living in hiding on a farm and working for the underground; almost getting caught once when Germans went to the farm; liberation; and immigrating to and establishing her life in Australia in 1946.
    Interviewee
    Geertruida Finkelstein
    Interviewer
    Jill Margo
    Date
    interview:  1990 February
    Credit Line
    Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound cassette.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Permission must be obtained from the University of Sydney, Archive of Australian Judaica for any type of use other than research.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Australian Institute of Holocaust Studies conducted the interview with Geertruida Finkelstein in February, 1990 for the Twelfth Hour Project. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in April 2006 from the State Library of New South Wales where the collection is housed.
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    2023-11-16 09:03:48
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