Overview
- Description
- Contains information about the experiences of Fred Angress's family during resettlement in Amsterdam and their life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The testimony draws from Angress' personal diary and other published sources, all of which are listed in a short bibliography. The testimony is dedicated to Nelly Gispen, a close friend of the author during the Holocaust era.
- Date
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1937-1989
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fred Angress
- Collection Creator
- Fred Angress
- Biography
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Fred Angress was born on 14 April 1923 in Berlin, Germany. His family fled to England in 1937 in order to avoid Nazi persecution. Angress and his family later settled in Amsterdam where they were forced into hiding during the Holocaust. His father was deported to Auschwitz and perished on a death march from the camp in early 1945. Fred immigrated to the United States in 1947 and settled in San Francisco, California.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Organization is thematic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Fred Angress
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Bankers. Jews--Germany. Hiding places--Netherlands. Jewish councils. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Geographic Name
- Netherlands--Emigration and immigration. Berlin (Germany) Amsterdam (Netherlands) London (England) San Francisco (Calif.)
- Personal Name
- Angress, Fred. Gispen, Nelly.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Fred Angress
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Fred Angress in Apr. 1989.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:29:56
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502719
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