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Oral history interview with Eddy Wynschenk

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.382 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0382

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    Oral history interview with Eddy Wynschenk

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    Interview Summary
    Eddy Wynschenk, born on July 18, 1927 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, discusses childhood in Amsterdam; his memories of the invasion of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany; the restrictions placed on Jews after Amsterdam was occupied, including the confiscation of his father's business; his arrest and subsequent release with his parents in September 1942; his memories of the Jewish Council in Amsterdam; being deported with his family to Vught concentration camp in 1943; the deportation from Vught of his parents, sister, and niece in November 1943; being transferred to Westerbork and being deported from there to Auschwitz-Birkenau; conditions in the camp, including his work sorting the clothes of arriving Hungarian Jews who had been sent to their deaths; his transfer to Fürstengrube, a work camp; a death march he endured; his arrival at Dora concentration camp, where his toes had to be amputated; his liberation by the 104th Infantry Division of the United States Army in April 1945; the responses of the guards to the liberation; his interactions with liberators; his return in May to Amsterdam, where he was hospitalized; learning that his family had perished; the difficulties he had living with relatives and adjusting to his new life; his decision to immigrate to the United States with his wife, Maryanne, in 1956; his life in Philadelphia, PA and San Francisco, CA; the terrible psychological aftereffects of his Holocaust experiences; and speaking in 1986 at a reunion of the 104th Infantry Division about the liberation of the camp.
    Interviewee
    Eddy Wynschenk
    Interviewer
    Peggy Coster
    Date
    interview:  1989 September 20
    interview:  1990 March 04
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 videocassettes (SVHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Eddy Wynschenk on September 20, 1989 and March 4, 1990. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the tapes of the interview from the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project in December 2001.
    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 08:45:01
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