Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Josephine Prins, 2004
Creator: | Prins, Josephine, 1926-2007 | Project: | September 11, 2001 oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript: 50 pages sound recordings: 2 MiniDiscs (65; 59 min.) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteHolocaust survivor
Scope and ContentsBackground: born Antwerp, Belgium, move to Netherlands at age five; childhood: attending Dutch schools, importance of education, fond memories, respecting parents; World War II [WWII]: arrival of Germans in 1940, Dutch Jews sent to Germany, hiding in The Hague, separation from family, parents death in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp; experiences in Auschwitz, liberation by Dutch soldier in US Army; post-WWII: emotional trauma from Holocaust, relating September 11th to Holocaust, reading of letter written to doctor in Holland in 1984
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2005
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