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1940 Dutch Newspaper, "De Standaard."
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107354
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1130
- Date
- May 1940
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- May 1940
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1130
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- "De Standaard" was a Dutch anti-revolutionary publication.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89982
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- Date
- 1921-1968
- Scope and Content
- Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
- Date
- 1921-1968
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Adele Druckman was born in Dorna Candrenilor near Vatra-Dornia, Romania, in 1894. At eighteen years old, she attended a school called Jaures-Zeugnis in the town of Chernovitz. In 1938, at 44, she was married to Isaac Kinsbrunner, a businessman in Chernovitz, which was under control of the Nazis. As Jews, they had to wear a yellow star and carry an identity card. After the Germans were defeated, the Soviets took over. Most of their family was gone, and they struggled to start again. Finally, in 1949 they decided to leave and emigrate to Paris. Adele packed her monogrammed linen, and hid her diamond engagement ring as well as an unmounted diamond. Isaac's cousin had moved to Canada in 1913, so they went to the Canadian Legation in Paris for permission to immigrate. They were required to leave by January 1950, and so booked passage on the Samaria to arrive in Halifax on February 9, 1950. They were met by Isaac's cousin, Sydney Brown, ne Kinsbrunner, and his wife Jessie Cohen, who took them to Sydney's shop in Montreal at 4464 Coloniale Avenue. Unfortunately, Isaac suffered a heart attack and died, having only been in Canada for 12 days, devastating Adele. Sydney and Jessie had two sons, aged 5 and 7, who helped Adele learn English using their schoolbooks, building on the French she had learned in Paris. Sydney learned of a job as a nurse's aid at the Mount Sinai Sanitorium in Ste Agathe, a village north of Montreal, which Adele took to immediately. She was well suited to comfort the patients and enjoyed the peace of the countryside. Adele was often included in Brown family events, including Passover and Rosh Hashana, and she even undertook a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to visit Sydney's sister, Pearl. She was required to provide an explanation for her lack of a passport, but was fortunate enough to have been able to bring her birth certificate from Romania. The Brown family often visisted Ste Agathe to visit, until Adele retired at 74, after 18 years at the Sanitorium. Upon retirement, Adele returned to Montreal, where Sydney helped her find a small apartment on Cote St Luc road next to a synagogue. Sydney's sons, meanwhile, had grown up and become both doctors. They both got married in the same week, and Ida offered her engagement ring to the elder son, while the younger son was offered the unmounted diamond. (Biographical note taken from file 00001.)
- Language
- English
- Romanian
- Arrangement
- Physical order imposed by archivist.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Subjects
- Romania -- Jews.
- Immigrants
- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
- Identification cards
- Star of David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Aerial view of the "Groot Seminaire te Haaren" - Great Seminary of Haaren.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107245
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1078-01
- Date
- [194-?]
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [194-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1078-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- From 1941 to 1944 the Great Seminary in Haaren was used first as hostage camp, and then later as a prison camp. Thousands of people were imprisoned there. Arie van Mansum was kept in Haaren for approximately a year, with six months in solitary confinement. He was 23 at the time.
- Related Material
- Images 1-1078-02, 1-1078-03, 1-1078-04
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Aerial view of the "Groot Seminaire te Haaren" - Great Seminary of Haaren.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107246
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1078-02
- Date
- [194-?]
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [194-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1078-02
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- From 1941 to 1944 the Great Seminary in Haaren was used first as hostage camp, and then later as a prison camp. Thousands of people were imprisoned there. Arie van Mansum was kept in Haaren for approximately a year, with six months in solitary confinement. He was 23 at the time.
- Related Material
- Images 1-1078-01, 1-1078-03, 1-1078-04
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Air Protection Department ID Card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107277
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 1; OJA 1-1097
- Date
- October 19, 1942
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an I.D. card was issued by the "Luchtbeschermingsdienst" (Air Protection Department).
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an I.D. card was issued by the "Luchtbeschermingsdienst" (Air Protection Department).
- Date
- October 19, 1942
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- File No.
- 1
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1097
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Application for Participation in Bomb Explosion
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107281
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 1; OJA 1-1102
- Date
- October 19, 1942
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Dutch form entitled "application for participation in a bomb explosion"
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Dutch form entitled "application for participation in a bomb explosion"
- Date
- October 19, 1942
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- File No.
- 1
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1102
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Arie van Mansum.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102967
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-596-01
- Date
- 1991
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1991
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-596-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman, Arie van Mansum's son in law.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Arie van Mansum being honoured at a post war ceremony in Holland.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107251
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1080-01
- Date
- November 1945
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- November 1945
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1080-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- L-R: Standing: Rabbi of the synagogue; sitting: __, Margaretha van Mansum, Arie van Mansum, Mr. and Mrs. van Mansum. This image is of the psot-war ceremony honouring Arie van Mansum for his work in heling to hide and save Jews. Arie was presented with a portrait and a certificate listing the names of those he had helped to save. The photograph was taken in a synagogue in Maastricht.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Arie van Mansum fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101291
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- ephemera
- Physical Description
- 21cm of textual records, 17 photographs
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Date
- 1940-2007
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and ephemera. Series include Arie Van Mansum's experiences during WWII, his postwar experiences, personal accounts, correspondence, Margaretha Van Mansum, pamphlets, the Dutch Undeground movement, and Canada. Fonds also contains a framed certificate f…
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- ephemera
- Physical Description
- 21cm of textual records, 17 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and ephemera. Series include Arie Van Mansum's experiences during WWII, his postwar experiences, personal accounts, correspondence, Margaretha Van Mansum, pamphlets, the Dutch Undeground movement, and Canada. Fonds also contains a framed certificate from The Jewish Community Council of Ottawa to Arie van Mansum stating the establishment of the Arie van Mansum Holocaust Education Resource Project - 1991; a framed certificate in French and Hebrew, presented to Arie van Mansum by La Commission des Justes (Commission of the Righteous) in Jerusalem - November 3, 1969; and two large photo reproductions of a Dutch document presented to Arie van Mansum - 13 November 1945.
- Date
- 1940-2007
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Storage Location
- 1 box in OS
- History / Biographical
- Arie (Harry) Hendricks van Mansum was born at Utrecht, Holland, on March 5, 1920 to Gerrit and Neeltje van Mansum. As a travelling salesman, Arie had a rail pass which allowed him to travel freely after the German occupation of the Netherlands. Arie began helping Jewish refugees in the Netherlands in 1938 and in 1940 at the age of 20, he became involved in the Dutch Resistance Movement. He distributed the Dutch underground newspaper "Free Netherlands," found safe homes to hide Jews, and established an underground transportation network to move Jewish refugees. He was also involved in the distribution of food stamps and false identification cards for the Jews in hiding. In 1952 he married Doris van Diggele and the couple emigrated to Ottawa in 1958 where he started an insurance company. The couple had three children, Ria, Gerrit, and Margaret. Doris died in 1970 and Arie later remarried with Annette van Loenen. Van Mansum went on to receive awards from St. Lawrence University, Yad Vashem, and the Government of Israel. In 1969, Yad Vashem recognized Arie van Mansum as Righteous Among the Nations. He was also the subject of a biography, "A Friend Among Enemies" by Janet Keith, in 1991. He died in Ottawa in 1999.
- Notes
- 1. Donations came through Arie van Mansum’s will, dated February 28, 1998, and Ralph P. Euverman, his son-in-law. 2. Biographical information from the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin & Review, October 25, 1991. 3. "A Friend Among Enemies" donated on Shoah evening, April, 2003 by Ralph P. Euverman. 4. Preliminary online translations for the large photo reproductions of the Dutch document indicate a "Charter offered to Arie van Mansum for persons listed here...", "...thanks for...", "...during the occupancy years."
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Arie van Mansum receiving the portrait and certificate at the post war ceremony in Holland.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107252
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1080-02
- Date
- November 1945
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- November 1945
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1080-02
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- Arie was presented with a portrait and a certificate listing the names of those he had helped to save. The Rabbi of the synagogue is standing in the very bottom right of the image. The photograph was taken in a synagogue in Maastricht.
- Related Material
- Images 1-1080-01, 1-1080-03
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Arie van Mansum's tree as a sapling.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107243
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1077-01
- Date
- 1981
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- 1981
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1077-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- The tree was planted in 1981. The tree was planted in Arie van Mansum's honour at Yad Vashem in Israel.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Articles from Dutch Newspapers
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108801
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 2; 3
- Date
- 1945-1977
- Scope and Content
- File consists of post-war Dutch newspaper articles.
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of post-war Dutch newspaper articles.
- Date
- 1945-1977
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 3
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Biographia.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89986
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1416; 00004
- Date
- 1921-1952
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 1921-1952
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- File No.
- 00004
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Ctn. 001
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Includes travel permits in lieu of a passport, and Isak's burial record from Paperman & Son's.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Biography, as written by donor.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89983
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1416; 00001
- Date
- 2019
- Scope and Content
- Also contains family tree.
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Also contains family tree.
- Date
- 2019
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- File No.
- 00001
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Ctn. 001
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Produced by donor, Jill Johnson, the wife of Sydney Brown's oldest son.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Canada
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108814
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 8
- Date
- 1986-1997
- Scope and Content
- Series contains material from Arie Van Mansum's experiences in Canada.
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series contains material from Arie Van Mansum's experiences in Canada.
- Date
- 1986-1997
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Series No.
- 8
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
A character reference letter written for Arie van Mansum.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107238
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 2; 2; OJA 1-1075
- Date
- April 4, 1958
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a character reference letter written by the Dutch Military Authority creating an Advisory Committee with Arie van Mansum sitting on the committee.
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a character reference letter written by the Dutch Military Authority creating an Advisory Committee with Arie van Mansum sitting on the committee.
- Date
- April 4, 1958
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 2
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1075
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Community Old Illegal Workers Netherlands membership card
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107192
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 2; 2; OJA 1-1056
- Date
- September 24, 1946
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Arie Van Mansum's membership card to the Community Old Illegal Workers.
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Arie Van Mansum's membership card to the Community Old Illegal Workers.
- Date
- September 24, 1946
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 2
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1056
- Storage Location
- vault
- History / Biographical
- Ralph Euverman is Arie van Mansum's son in law.
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108806
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 4; 6
- Date
- 1969-1994
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Date
- 1969-1994
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 6
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108807
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Fonds No.
- I0022; 4
- Date
- 1969-1994
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- textual records
- Date
- 1969-1994
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Series No.
- 4
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Derk van Assen, one of Arie van Mansum's cohorts during their underground work.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107239
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0022; OJA 1-1076-01
- Date
- [194-?]
- Collection
- Arie van Mansum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [194-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0022
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1076-01
- Storage Location
- vault
- History / Biographical
- Here is the biography of Derk van Assen from Yad Vashem's website: Derk and Berendina (known as Berendje) van Assen were very sociable people. Derk had been active in the illegal underground from the beginning of the war, initially without actually being a member of any organized resistance group. The van Assens had people hidden in their home, British airmen and Jews, even before the term “onderduikers” was coined. Derk was well known in Maastricht, Limburg, where he served as president of the Protestant-Christian tax officials union. During the war he was a member of the Versleyen group, a group of professional tax officials within the larger LO, as well as being a member of the Trouw*, the Christian national resistance organization. Derk had excellent contacts in Maastricht, where he collaborated closely with the Roman Catholic group headed by L.J. Roumen and with fellow protestant A.H. van Mansum*. He was motivated by Christian principles, which put great value on each individual in the eyes of God, and by a sense of patriotism. He was also a humanist who saw all people as equal and was prepared to risk everything to save the lives of Jews and others. Using his many talents Derk contributed during the war to illegal newspapers, organized national information networks and offered professional document forgers a place to work in his home. Derk and Berendje were friendly with Isidore and Frederika Schaap, who had come to Maastricht in 1939. Isidore headed a branch of a commercial firm that was based in Rotterdam and Berendje was one of his customers. The Schaaps had one teenage daughter named Hetty. The Schaaps were Jewish but they were very assimilated and sometimes attended the local Dutch Reformed Church with the van Assens on Sunday mornings. In the summer of 1942, the Schaaps were ordered to report for deportation and Derk helped them find a place to hide. They spent their first couple of nights hiding with a family who owned an optician’s shop in Maastricht. During this time their identity cards were altered and the “J” removed, thereby allowing them the freedom to travel with less risk. The following day, the Schaaps took a train to Utrecht, to the home of one of Derk’s cousins. They soon moved to a family in Hillegom, South Holland, also relations of the van Assens. The Schaap family was then forced to split up and Isidore and Frederika moved to Amsterdam, where they were later arrested. The couple perished in Auschwitz. In the meantime, Hetty, after moving around between Hillegom and Diemen (where she stayed with relatives of the van Assens who had to let her go after her parents were arrested), was taken to Apeldoorn, Gelderland. In Apeldoorn she found shelter from October 1942 until December 1943, when it was no longer safe to be hiding with anyone connected with Derk van Assen. Hetty then moved down the street to the home of the Reverend Visser. At this address, she was equipped with a false identity card that enabled her to move about freely for the remainder of the war. On July 26, 1943, Derk was arrested in Maastricht after having been shadowed for some time by the SD, who had induced a resistance activist, nicknamed Blonde Mien, to work for them. Mien was employed to gather information about Derk’s contacts, but before she could do so Derk was apprehended and incarcerated in the local prison. In this prison, Oberscharfuehrer Richard Nitsch interrogated Derk for seven weeks, during which time Derk’s colleagues were planning his escape. However, the authorities discovered the plot and to abort it Nitsch and two other SD men executed Derk in Horst, Limburg, on September 13, 1943. In the meantime, Berendje had also been arrested and imprisoned, initially in Maastricht, then in Haaren, and finally in Vught, from where she was deported to the Ravensbrück camp in Germany, where she died on February 2, 1945. Throughout the war, Derk and Berendje had acted daringly and in disregard of their own safety. After the war, Derk and Berendje were honored by the Air Chief Marshal and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force for “the help given to sailors, soldiers, and airmen of the British Commonwealth of Nations, which enabled them to escape from or evade capture by the enemy.” On September 6, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Derk van Assen as Righteous Among the Nations.
- Acquisition Source
- Ralph Euverman
- Notes
- Derk van Assen was murdered by the Nazi's in prison on September 14, 1943, after learning of a plot to break him out.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
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