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Oral history interview with Margot Lawson

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1989.67.52 | RG Number: RG-50.012.0052

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    Oral history interview with Margot Lawson

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Margot Lawson describes antisemitism in Holland; being a Christian rescuer but having Jewish origins; pretending to be a Gentile during the war; being caught and sent to prison; worrying about her children’s fate; children being saved when resistance forces smuggled them across rooftops; her connections with the resistance; the birth of her children in 1933 and 1936 and how they staying in hiding in various places during the war; hiding a Jewish family; and her life after the war.
    Interviewee
    Ms. Margot E. Lawson
    Interviewer
    Gay Block
    Malka Drucker
    Date
    interview:  1987 May 01
    interview:  1987 May 26

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Lawson, Margot, 1909-

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Gay Block
    Provenance
    Gay Block and Malka Drucker produced the interview with Margot Lawson on May 1, 1987 and May 26, 1987 for their book "Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust," Holmes & Meier, 1992, as well as their documentary film "They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch received the tapes of the interviews from Malka Drucker and Gay Block in March 1989.
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