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USHMM, <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Holocaust</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> � 187<br />

RG-02.117 ―Under the Rooftiles‖ by Wendy van Velzen, 1940–1945<br />

Wendy van Velzen‘s journal contains in<strong>for</strong>mation about the German invasion of the<br />

Netherlands, the persecution of Jews in the Netherlands, and Jews who were hidden.<br />

Provenance: Sources of acquisition are Wilhelmina and Arthur Aandewiel via Mark<br />

Lauterbach.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: <strong>English</strong> and Dutch<br />

1.5 linear inches<br />

RG-02.118 ―My Struggle <strong>for</strong> Survival‖ by Oscar Lichtenstern, 1940–1945<br />

This journal explains Oscar Lichtenstern‘s experiences after the Nazi occupation of the<br />

Netherlands. Although it describes his stay in the transit camp of Westerbork, most of the<br />

entries relate <strong>to</strong> his internment in Terezin.<br />

Provenance: Oscar Lichtenstern began writing in his journal in 1944, after his arrival in<br />

Terezin. On December 24, 1944, he discovered that the journal had been lost. After a<br />

delay of unknown duration, Lichtenstern rewrote his journal and included some material<br />

about his liberation and his immediate postwar experience. His granddaughter, Ruth<br />

Lichtenstern Fishman, translated the text in<strong>to</strong> <strong>English</strong> and donated it <strong>to</strong> USHMM.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: <strong>English</strong> and German<br />

1 microfiche card<br />

Restrictions: Fair use only<br />

RG-02.119 Vic<strong>to</strong>r Adler: Some Notes about My Life, with Adler-Stössler Family<br />

Genealogy and His<strong>to</strong>ry, 1992<br />

This memoir relates <strong>to</strong> the experiences of Vic<strong>to</strong>r Adler and members of his family after<br />

the German occupation of the Sudetenland. In particular, it describes how he escaped<br />

Czechoslovakia, fled <strong>to</strong> Hungary and then <strong>to</strong> Palestine, enlisted in the Czechoslovak<br />

Armored Brigade under British command, fought in the European theater during World<br />

War II, and rebuilt his life in the United States. Adler‘s parents were sent <strong>to</strong> Terezin and<br />

were subsequently transported <strong>to</strong> Auschwitz, where they died. His brother and cousins<br />

escaped Czechoslovakia and served in the Allied armed <strong>for</strong>ces.<br />

Provenance: Source of acquisition is Vic<strong>to</strong>r Adler. Sally Gagne transcribed and edited a<br />

1989 oral his<strong>to</strong>ry by Adler.<br />

<strong>Language</strong>s: <strong>English</strong><br />

3 microfiche cards<br />

Finding Aids: Table of contents<br />

Restrictions: Fair use only

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