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Oral history interview with Pieter Adriaan Meerburg

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.030.0154

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    Oral history interview with Pieter Adriaan Meerburg

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Pieter Adriaan Meerburg, born in Utrecht, Netherlands on September 1, 1919, describes his childhood; going to Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1935 to continue his education and pursue a law degree; starting a resistance group that helped to hide Jewish children in 1942 and working under the false name of Piet Van Dorn and false occupation of train inspecting, which allowed him to travel freely throughout the Netherlands; placing over 1,200 Jewish children with Gentile families in the Netherlands; continuing his underground activities until May 1945; working to reunite hidden children with their birth parents after liberation; and opening a cinema called "Kritierion," which still exists in Amsterdam today.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Pieter A. Meerburg
    Interviewer
    Adina Conn
    Date
    interview:  1990 October 12
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    3 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Interview can not be used for sale in the Museum Shop.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Adina Conn, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Pieter Adriaan Meerburg on October 12, 1990. This interview is one of 51 oral histories included in the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:01:03
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