Guide to the Coen Rood War Documentation Center (Netherlands) Report
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Collection Overview | |
| Creator: | Rood, Coen, 1917- |
| Title: | Coen Rood War Documentation Center (Netherlands) report |
| Dates: | 1945-1949 |
| Size: | 1 folder |
| Abstract: | The collection contains a report by Coen Rood, a Dutch Jewish tailor, written during the period 1945-1949 for the War Documentation Center of the Netherlands. The report, titled "Report 1942 to 1945," recounts Rood's experiences as a prisoner in 11 forced labor camps during that period and includes detailed recollections of death marches and his time spent in Camp Conrad in the Netherlands, Flossenburg in Germany, and Gleiwitz-Steigern in Poland, as well as a number of other camps. |
| Languages: | Materials are in English. |
| Call No: | 2000.006 |
About This Guide
Finding aid encoded June, 2009
Finding aid encoded in English.
Biographical Note
Coen Rood was a Dutch Jewish tailor who survived 37 months in Nazi forced labor camps. He wrote a report about his wartime experiences for the War Documentation Center of the Netherlands, and a book in German titled Wenn Ich es Nicht Erzahlen Kann, Mus Ich Weinen. In 1942 Rood was deported to Camp Conrad in the Netherlands, and from there moved to a number of other camps, spending most of the war interned at Gleiwitz-Steigern labor camp in Poland. He was freed in Germany in May 1945 and reunited with his wife Bep, a nurse, who survived the war in hiding.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a report written by Coen Rood in Amsterdam during the period 1945-1949 for the War Documentation Center of the Netherlands. The report, titled "Report 1942 to 1945," recounts Rood's experiences as a prisoner in 11 forced labor camps during that period. The 523-paged report includes detailed recollections of death marches, and Rood's time spent in Camp Conrad in the Netherlands, Flossenburg in Germany, and Gleiwitz-Steigern in Poland, as well as a number of other camps. The report also includes an overall timeline of his wartime experiences.
Index Terms
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Collection is available to researchers deemed to be qualified by the Archivist.
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