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Vera Nathans Semel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-016
 

Vera Nathans Semel papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-016

Photographs, birth certificates, marriage certificates, identity cards, passports, and other papers of Vera Nathans Semel, a Dutch Jew who survived World War II in hiding. Most papers, including birth and marriage certificates, relate to Nathans's maternal family, the Paerls. Pre-war photographs show Nathans's maternal grandparents and uncle in Amsterdam; post-war photographs show her, her parents, husband, and children in Beverwijk and Bussum, both in the Netherlands, and in Scarsdale, New York.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Dates
Creation: 1830-1996
Extent
0.25 linear feet (5 folders)
Language of Materials
Dutch; Flemish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Certificates and other papers, 1830-1911, 1941, 1961

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 1

Includes birth certificates, marriage certificates, religious honors, and national militia registration for members of the Paerl family, Nathans's maternal relatives. Other items include her mother's false Dutch identification papers and Vera Nathans's Dutch passport.

Dates
Creation: 1830-1911, 1941, 1961

Photographs, circa 1938-1985

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 2

Pre-war photographs show Nathans's maternal grandparents, Mietje Hymans and Barend Lion Paerl, in Amsterdam, Holland. Post-war photographs show Nathans and family in Holland; Nico Visjager, who was hidden with Nathans during the war; and her husband, Sandy Semel, and children in the United States.

Dates
Creation: circa 1938-1985

Negatives, 1918-1996

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 3

Negatives of Nathans, her parents, grandparents, sister, husband, children, and nurses who hid her during the war. Also includes negatives of her mother's false Dutch identification papers, Vera Nathans's Dutch passport, and pages from the photo album given to Sandy Semel by nurse Corrie Blaauw.

Dates
Creation: 1918-1996

Slides, 1918-1996

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 4

Slides of material in folder 3.

Dates
Creation: 1918-1996

Photocopies, 1830-1996

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 6, Folder: 5

Photocopies of materials in folders 1-3.

Dates
Creation: 1830-1996
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