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Oral history interview with Abraham Henselyn

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.918 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0918

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    Oral history interview with Abraham Henselyn

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Abraham Henselyn discusses his childhood and youth in Amsterdam, Netherlands; the changes he experienced after the occupation of Amsterdam by Nazi Germany; his work for the Jewish Council, acting as an intermediary between German troops and Jewish citizens; his parents' and one brother's deportation to Westerbork concentration camp; going into hiding with the assistance of another brother; his experiences hiding in the attic of a Dutch family in October 1943; learning that a brother and his family were hiding in a location close by; moving into hiding with his family when his own situation became too dangerous; remaining in hiding until liberation; his marriage, work, and family life after the war; and his immigration with his family to the United States in 1954, where he settled in San Francisco.
    Interviewee
    Abraham Henselyn
    Interviewer
    Peter Ryan
    Date
    interview:  2004 January 28
    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
    Henselyn, Abraham.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project conducted the interview with Abraham Henselyn on January 28, 2004. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in February 2005.
    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 08:47:28
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