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Oral history interview with Nicolaas Van Vliet

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.24.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.0683

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    Oral history interview with Nicolaas Van Vliet

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    Interview Summary
    Nicolaas Van Vliet, born December 1, 1926 in Utrecht, Netherlands, discusses his childhood; the Jewish community prior to the war; the German invasion and occupation; changes for Jews as a result of anti-Jewish laws; having to leave high school; going into hiding in 1944; hiding other Jews; the resistance movement; the capture of friends and loved ones; the separation of his family members in hiding; the fates of various family members; the importance of his legal papers; hiding in barns and living off what he could find for six months on his own; using his Boy Scout training to survive; liberation by American forces; returning home; food drops from the Americans; the Dutch famine of 1944; and his immigration to the United States.
    Interviewee
    Nicolaas Van Vliet
    Interviewer
    Swift, Leslie
    Date
    interview:  2012 November 20

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    1 digital file : WAV.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Leslie Swift, on behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch, conducted the oral history interview with Nicolaas Van Vliet by telephone on Nov. 20, 2012.
    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 08:04:17
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