Tauber Holocaust Library
Guide to Hemelraad family papers
1988.1132
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Tauber Holocaust Library
- Creator
- Hemelraad family
- Title
- Hemelraad family papers
- ID
- 1988.1132
- Date [inclusive]
- 1932-1947
- Extent
- 0.1 Linear feet comprising correspondence, documents and photographs
- Language
- Dutch
- Language of Materials note
- All documentation in the collection is in Dutch; partial English translations are available.
- Mixed materials [Folder]
- Archives Box 4
- Abstract
- This collection comprises photographs, documents and correspondence documenting the fate of members of a Dutch Jewish family, the Hemelraads, during the Holocaust.
Preferred Citation note
[item] [date], Hemelraad family papers - 1988.1132, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Willem Alexander Hemelraad (1915-1942), Alexander Leo J. Hemelraad (b.1909-1944), and Caroline Rose Wilhelmina Hemelraad (b. 1909-1943) were the children of Abraham Hemelraad and Juliette Sophie Horn (1882-1943). All perished during the Holocaust; Abraham Hemelraad died before the onset of World War II.
The Hemelraad family were residents of Amsterdam, who fled to Rotterdam during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. They were in hiding before their arrests and deportation to Westerbork concentration camp. From Westerbork they were sent to Auschwitz, where they died in the gas chambers.
Scope and Contents note
This collection documents the fate of several members of a Dutch Jewish family during the Holocaust and reflects the experiences of many Jews living in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II. The collection is comprised of photographs of the three siblings, Carla, Wim and Lex Hemelraad; correspondence written during that period by them, including a letter sent from Westerbork by Lex Hemelraad; war-time registration certificates; and post-war death certificates and notices from the Red Cross of the Netherlands.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital copies of selected photographs and correspondence from this collection are available.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Westerbork (Concentration camp).
Genre(s)
- Correspondence
- Family papers
- Photographs
Geographic Name(s)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Subject(s)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands
- Jewish families -- Netherlands
- Jews -- Amsterdam
- Jews, Dutch
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Collection Inventory
Family photographs 1930s-1940sGeneral notePhotographs are pre-Holocaust era and primarily of Carlotta, Wim and Alex Hemelraad. Also included in a photographic post card entitled "Herinnering Nederland 10 Mei 1940." |
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Carlotta Hemelraad  Click on image for larger view. |
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Lex Hemelraad
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Wim Hemelraad with soldiers  Click on image for larger view. |
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Personal correspondence |
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Letter written by Lex Hemelraad from Westerbork concentration camp probably 1940-1943General notePersonal correspondence includes letters and postcards written by Carla, a letter written by Lex and sent from Westerbork concentration camp, and handwritten poems or song lyrics. Letter written by Lex Hemelraad and sent from Westerbork, probably 1940-1943 Outside pages Click on image for larger view. Inside pages  Click on image for larger view. |
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Note written by Carlotta |
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Letter written by Carlotta |
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Official correspondence 1946-1949General noteOfficial correspondence comprises post-World War II notifications from the Red Cross of the Netherlands regarding the fate of Carla Hemelraad, Wim Hemelraad, Alex Hemelraad and Juliette van Engers-Horn. |
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Letter from Red Cross 1947  Click on image for larger view. |
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Letter from Red Cross 1949  Click on image for larger view. |
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Documents 1941, 1948General noteDocuments comprise registration cards issued in Amsterdam to Guillemette Sophie Horn and Paul Henri Hemelraad in 1941; and two copies of a death certificate issued by the city of Amsterdam, documenting the death of Willem Alexander Hemelraad in Auschwitz. |
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