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Oral history interview with Louis de Groot

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.805 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0805

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    Oral history interview with Louis de Groot

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    The interview describes Mr. de Groot's childhood in Arnhem, Holland, his recollections of the invasion of the Netherlands by Germany in 1940, the family's failed attempts to flee to England, and their return to Arnhem. Mr. de Groot describes the implementation of anti-Jewish laws in Holland, the discrimination Dutch Jews were subject to, and his family's decision to go into hiding in 1941 when he was 11 years old. He describes the multiple moves he and his family made, hiding with different families, and his experiences while being hidden, including with a family involved in underground resistance activities. Mr. de Groot describes his close relationship with this family, the Ungerways, and their loyalty and affection for him. Mr. DeGroot discusses his painful separation from his parents and sister, and his experiences in an orphanage for Jewish children. Mr. de Groot describes fighting in 1948 in Israel, returning to Holland in 1949, and emigrating to the United States in 1950, where he married and had a family.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Louis de Groot
    Interviewer
    Sandra Bendayan
    Date
    interview:  1989 September 12
    interview:  1989 October 25
    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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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    de Groot, Louis.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Louis de Groot on September 12, 1989 and October 25, 1989. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in December 2003.
    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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