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SPEECH WASHINGTON 8 OCTOBER .1982
----------------------------------------------------------OM TE BEGINNEN ZOU IK DE NEDERLANDSE AMBASSADEUR WILLEN
BEDANKEN VOOR DE GASTVRIJHEID, DIE HIJ ONS AANBIEDT EN
WAARDOOR HET MOGELIJK IS DEZE PLECHTIGHEID IN WASHINGTON
D.C. OP NEDERLANDSE BODEM TE DOEN PLAATSVINDEN.
DAT ZIJNE KONINKLIJKE HOOGHEID NAAR WASHINGTON GEKOMEN
IS OM DEZE PLECHTIGE UITREIKING TE VERRICHTEN, GEEFT
DEZE DAG EEN BIJZONDERE LUISTER.
DOOR DE OORLOG EN BIJ DE BEVRIJDING VAN NEDERLAND ZIJN
NAUWE CONTACTEN ONTSTAAN TUSSEN DE DEELNEMERS AAN HET
VERZET EN Z.K.H. PRINS BERNH.A.RD. ·
IN DIE MOEILIJKE TIJDEN HEBBEN ZIJ DE PRINS LEREN KENNEN
EN WAARDEREN EN ZIJN DEZE CONTACTEN UITGEGROEID TOT GEVOELENS VAN RESPECT, HOOGACHTING EN VRIENDSCHAP.
DAMES EN HEREN, VANDAAG IS EEN HISTORISCHE DAG OMDAT
8 OCTOBER 200 JAAR GELEDEN HET VERDRAG VAN ".Af.UTY AND COM~
MERCE" GETEKEND WERD TUSSEN AMERIKA EN. NEDERLAND.
DIT JAAR VIEREN WIJ HET 200-JARIG BESTAAN VAN ONAFGEBROKEN DIPLOMATIEKE BETREKKINGEN EN VRIENDSCHAP
TUSSEN DE VERENIGDE
STATEN
EN NEDERLAND.
BIJ DE VELE MANIFESTATIES E;-.J BIJEENKOMSTEN DIE GEHOUDEN
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HtfN IS TOT UITDRUKKING GEKmIEN HOEVEEL WAARDE WORDT
GEHECHT AAN DEZE RELATIES UIT HET VERLEDEN EN EVENZEER
IS HET VERLANGEN EN DE HOOP UITGESPROKEN DAT DEZE
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DAMES EN HEREN, STAAT U MIJ TOE DAT IK U OP DEZE FEESTELIJKE
DAG EEN OGENBLIK TERUGVOER NAAR HET VERLEDEN.
OOK UW VERLEDEN.
NAAR DE-l)()NKERE JAREN VAN OORLOG EN BEZETTING, VAN VERZET EN
STRIJD TEGEN EEN SCHIER OVERMACHTIGE VIJAND.
ZEKER , HET IS VERLEDEN TIJD MAAR HET HEEFT OOK EEN BIJZONDERE BETEKENIS VOOR HET HEDEN EN DE TOEKOMST.
VRIJHEID EN ONAFHANKELIJKHEID ZIJN EEN KOSTBAAR GOED, DAT
ALLEEN BEHOUDEN KAN WORDEN ALS MEN BEREID IS ZICH DAARVOOR
IN TE ZETTEN.
HET VERZET IS GEPLEEGD DOOR MANNEN EN VROUWEN DIE VRIJWILLIG , VEELAL ANONIEM, TOETRADEN TOT HET VERZET EN DAARMEE
HUN LEVEN OP HET SPEL ZETTEN.
HET WAREN VROUWEN EN MANNEN UIT IEDERE SECTOR VAN ONS
MAATSCHAPPELIJK BESTEL, JONG EN OUD, VAN IEDERE LEVENSBESCHOUWING.
IEDER VAN HEN PLEEGDE VERZET OP ZIJN EIGEN WIJZE; WAT ZE
GEMEENSCHAPPELIJK HADDEN WAS DAT ZE HET NIET MEER NAMEN.
ZIJ VERZETTEN ZICH TEGEN BEZETTING EN ONRECHT EN KWAMEN
OP VOOR DE MENSELIJKE WAARDIGHEID.
DE EEN HEEFt MISSCHIEN DOOR OMSTANDIGHEDEN MEER KUNNEN
DOEN DAN DE ANDER, MAAR DAT IS NIET HET BELANGRIJKSTE.
WAAR HET OP AAN KWAM, WAS DAT DE BEZETTER ZICH IN ONS
LAND NIET THUIS MOCHT VOELEN EN DAG EN NACHT BELAAGD
WERD.
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VELEN HEBBEN EEN ZWARE TOL BETAALD IN GEVANGENISSEN EN
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CENTRATIEKAMPEN.
VELEN GAVEN HET HOOGSTE GOED: HUN LEVEN.
NIEMAND HEEFT HET GEDAAN MET HET OOGMERK OM NA DE BEVRIJDING
EEN ONDERSCHEIDING TE KRIJGEN.
NA DE BEVRIJDING ZIJN ZIJ WEER GEWOON AAN HET WERK GEGAA.'J
EN ZIJ MOESTEN DOEN ALSOF ER NIETS MET HEN WAS GEBEURD.
MEESTAL ZWEGEN ZE OVER HUN ERVARINGEN: NIEMAND WILDE IMMERS
NAAR HEN LUISTEREN.
HET MOEST WORDEN WEGGESTOPT ALSOF HUN OORLOGSINZET GEEN ZL
HAD GEHAD.
ERKENNING VOOR HUN MOED EN VOOR HUN LIJDEN ONTBRAK.
DOOR DE INSTELLING VAN HET VERZETSHERDENKINGSKRUIS HEBBEN
DUIZENDEN ANONIEME DEELNEMERS AAN HET VERZET EINDELIJK
ERKENNING GEKREGEN, ZOALS DAT NA DE OORLOG IS GEBEURD IN
ALLE LANDEN DIE BEZET ZIJN GEWEEST.
TER GELEGENHEID VAN DE 35-JARIGE HERDENKING VAN DE BEVRIJDING IN 1980 IS BIJ KONINKLIJK BESLUIT NO. 104 HET
VERZETSHERDENKINGSKRUIS INGESTELD.
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AN GESCHIEDEN, WORDT TOEGEKEND AAN EENIEDER
DIE DAADWERKELIJK VERZET HEEFT GEPLEEGD TEGEN DE VIJA:"DEN
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DE VERTICALE ARM VAN HET KRUIS TOONT EEN GEHEVEN Z\•;_:\..\RD.
UIT HET GEVEST KOMEN VLAM.i>lEN. HET ZWAARD IS HET SY:-IBOOL
VAN HET GEl~PEND VERZET EN HET VUUR HET SYMBOOL VAX HET
GF.ESTELIJK VERZET.
ONDER HET GEVEST STAAN DE J,1\ARTALLEN 1940 - 1945.
HET GEHEEL WORDT GEDEKT DOOR EEN KONINKLIJKE KROOX,
WEER.GEVEND DAT HET VERZET GEINSPIREERD WERD DOOR KONINGIN WILHELMINA.
DE KEERZIJDE VAN HET KRUIS TOONT DE NEDERLANDSE LEEUW.
DAARBOVEN HET JAAR VAN INSTELLING:1980.
DE KLEUREN VAN HET AAN HET KRUIS VERBONDEN LINT SYMBOLISEREN DE EENHEID VAN NEDERLAND EN HET HUIS VAN ORANJ E,
TEMIDDEN VAN DE DUISTERNIS EN DE ROUW, DIE DE BEZETTERS
OVER DE BEVOLKING VAN HET KONINKRIJK DEDEN NEERDALEN.
AANGEZIEN WIJ IN HET VERZET, IN DE GEVANGENISSEN EN CONCENTRATIEKAMPEN ALLEN GELIJK WAREN, ZULLEN DE NAMEN VAN
DE ONTVANGERS IN ALFABETISCHE VOLGORDE, MET WEGLATI NG
VAN IEDERE TITULATUUR WORDEN AFGEROEPEN . .
HET VERZETSHERDENKINGSKRUIS IS TOEGEKEND AAN:
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MAG IK NAMENS HET NATIONAAL COMITE AL DEGENEN DIE HET
KRUIS ONTVANGEN HEBBEN VAN HARTE GELUKWENSEN.
DANK AAN ZIJNE KONINKLIJKE HOOGHEID PRINS BERNHARD
DAT HIJ DEZE PLECHTIGE UITREIKING HEEFT WILLEN VERRICHTEN EN HERHAALDE DANK AAN DE AMBASSADEUR VOOR ZIJN
GASTVRIJHEID.
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
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1869 - 2012
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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Termaat, Pieter
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1982-10-08
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Address on the receipt of the Resistance Memorial Cross
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Prepared text of a speech delivered by Pieter Termaat on his receipt of the Resistance Memorial Cross in Washington, D.C. on October 8, 1992. In Dutch.
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Netherlands -- Awards
Dutch Americans
Speeches
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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
HONORARY DOCTORATE OF
Peter and Jean Termaat
December 7, 1988
President Lubbers, Professor Baum, Provost Neimeijer and members
of the Board of Control - honored guest s.
My wife Jean and I are ·highly appreciative of the Honorary
Doctorate bestowed on us.
Foremost in our minds however, is the
deeply held conviction that we may accept this only vicariously,
mindful of all those who fell in the uneven battle against a
ruthless and barbarian regime.
It seems appropriate that our thoughts for a moment go back to
the faculties and students in occupied ~olland, who .were suddenly
faced with serious choices.
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Professor Telders of Leiden University comes to mind.
At
the youthful age of 31 he had been appointed as a full
Professor of International Law.
He distinguished himself
Constitutional Law, World History and Philosophy.
With
intensity he followed domestic and foreign policy and was
widely travelled.
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further by many publ i cations, also in the fields of
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Neutrality of his country, situated as it
is between Germany, France and England, was as he stated,
not only a matter of law, but also of duty.
Violation of
neutral i ty hurt him deeply, and his feeling of justice being
vi olated was translated by him in political militancy.
Already on May 25, 1940 - 11 days after Rotterdam was bombed he advised the Secretary of the Interior not to appoint
new judges or mayors, in order to prevent the appointment of
Nazi elements.
Hostages, usually prominent citizens, were
taken in all major cities already within months of the start
of the foreign occupation, lifted from their beds in the
middle of the night in order to intimidate the population,
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and to instill fear.
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the resistance.
In 4 ed i torials in a Rotterdam newspaper, Dr. Telders stated
that the Nazi commissar Seys-Inquart in the first 4 weeks
had stayed within the perimeter of the International Law,
but he made clear the limitations of this law, in order that
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the people would know when and where these would be violated.
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He emphatically advised government employees~ to tender
their resignation unless they would be required to violate
their conscience or their honor, and that would occur where
the occup i ers political decisions would be in direct support
of conducting the war.
For Jean and for me that point was
reached on Hay 1, 1942, after two years of occupation, when
in writing I refused to send Dutch factory workers to labor
• which indeed violated my
conscience and my honor • in German war factories ,* The reply gave proof that
I resigned.
Dr. Telders had correctly spelled out the perimeters for
resistance. I have said "us", because fully realizing the
sterling qualities of faith ,
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determination and indomitablePoss1b1hty of arrest, it would have to be "our" decision. fl'
courage.
The reply read: 11 1 notify you that on the basis of a
, I honor in
my wife the
directive from President Boening (A German Nazi) no
discharge may be .provided to those who do request this on
the basis of conscientious objections against the ezecution
of the directive of the Labor Draft."
In Dr. Telders 1 last editorial he warned the occupying
aut horities agains t any form of unfavorable treatment of our
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Jewish citizens, a small minority - 1½% of the total
population.
Step by step the pressure on the Jews had increased by
forcing them to wear the yellow Star of David and to
concentrate them in Amsterdam, i n what was for the first
time in Holland's history "a ghetto", separated from the
general public.
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The spiritual principle of tolerance had given birth to the
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nation during the eighty-year war (1568-1648) against the
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Spanish Inquisition. An independent Netherlands which would
nor could honor this principle is unthinkable.
The respect
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for religious diversity has graced that country for
centuries, and equality under the law, irrespective of
descent or religion, has always been its high principle.
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Universities, all with a full curriculum and another 4
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the spirit of resistance towards the totalitarian form of
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government began to form.
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specialized Universities.
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In October 1940, 5 months into
the occupation, a protest was signed by half of the faculty
members and sent to the Nazi governor to warn against the
violation of the principles of our government.
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The other
half was of the meaning that they had been appointed because
of their achievements, though some of them stated honestly
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that they were afraid to sign up.
Professor van Loghem of the Medical faculty of Amsterdam's
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University spoke openly against the dangers of totalitarian
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influence and ended his speech by quoting from Netherlands'
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greatest philosopher, Spinoza: "Only if mankind is led by
reason will freedom ensue."
And we may add to this: "At the
gate of the University, for always."
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Leiden's University was hit by the Nazi governor, who closed
10 academic positions with Jewish tutors, among them two
full professors.
One of the latter was Dr. Heijers, in
Europe regarded as an exceptional savant.
That he was
banned from his position was especially hurtful for Rector
Cleveringa, for whom Heijers was a long time friend, but who
had also been Cleveringa's promotor in 1919.
In October 1940 all faculty members received the so-called
Arian declaration, which had to be filled out, stating that
one was of pure Arian descent.
judge its legitimacy, caved in.
The Supreme Court, asked to
In the end in a compromise
all 73 signed but 60 included their signed protest, which
had been conceived and written by Professor Telders.
Dr. Cleveringa decided to address faculty and students on
behalf of Dr. Heijers.
He told his wife Hiltje and her
reaction was: "They are going to arrest you, but if you ar
convinced that it is your duty, do it!"
Leiden's auditorium was filled to overflowing and in a
second auditorium those present could listen in by
loudspeaker. Two-thirds of his speech was dedicated by
Cleveringa to his mentor Heijers; factual, laudatory,
unusually talented, who had touched deeply, not only the
minds, but the hearts of the thousands of his students as
well.
"And now a foreign enemy removes him from his position
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among us in direct violation of our constitution, which allows
every citizen to be named to every position, independent of his
or her religious conviction or ethnic background.
which all:European nations A~ticle 43 of the "Land-war Regulations 11f binds the occupier to
ere signatories . ~
honor the laws of the land he s~bjugated "sauve empichement
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absolu" (Except for absolute hindrance).
There simply is no reason or hindrance to leave Dr. Meijers
where he was.
We can now, without falling in extreme measures,
bow for superior force.
Meanwhile, we will wait, and trust, and
hope to keep in our thoughts and in our hearts the figure and
the personality of him whom we cannot fail to believe, that he
belongs here and if God wi ll, will return."
Tuesday, November 26, 1940 - six months into the occupation the student body struck.
The occupier closed Leiden's
University, the second one after Delft.
arrested on November 28th.
Dr. Cleveringa was
Calmly he defended himself: "You
have violated the "Land-war Regulations" and I have said that
we bow for superior force alone." He was jailed but set free
after eight months.
At the University of Utrecht
Dr. Koningsberger spoke to the student body, which stood during
his speech.
He concluded with these words:
"Whoever wants to report me to the occupation forces or to the
Dutch Nazis, I leave the text of what I have just said here on
the desk."
�A student stepped up to the desk and tore up the notes.
The six Universities had a combined student body of 14,600.
11,000 of these men and women refused to sign the declaration
of loyalty to the occupier when ordered to do so in April,
1943 - three years into enemy occupation.
The cost of principle is high.
The 3,500 students who did
sign finished their studies ahead of the resisting
students.
They grabbed the advantage to move ahead of the
principled ones.
Should at any time an occasion arise where
a high moral choice has to be made, what will it be?
This we know: "A personal decision, based on simple and
honored principle, does count, and will maintain your
integrity.
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
Date
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1869 - 2012
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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eng
nl
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Termaat, Pieter
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1988-12-07
Title
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Commencement Address
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Address delivered by Pieter N. Termaat on receipt of his and his wife's honarary doctorates by Grand Valley State University.
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Grand Valley State University
Dutch Americans
Degrees, Academic
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,Alkmaar , . 1 Mei 1942
Aan den Heer Directeur van het
Gcwestelijk Arbeidsbureau
te AL K :J A AR.
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Hiermede bevestig ik U mijn mondelinge mededeeling,
dat ik aan de jongste m~atre 6 elen, wclke zijn getroffen t
aanzien van de :plaat.sing van Nederlandsche ::irbeidskrachten
in Duitschla.nd, om mijns gewetens wil geen medewerkin5 k~
verleenen.
Ik verzoe~ U daarom te bevorderen, dat oij ~et , ingar
van 1 Juni 1942 eervol ontslag uit 's Rijks dienst wordt
verleend
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De Chef Bemiddela.:J.r voor
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1'0 the Regi onal Di i·e c tor of ·the:
F ederal Pl;=i,cemen t - Off.ice· (a -Du tchi_ Waz.i ) ,--~- .
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I hereby Qonfirm my _verba l communioati ph, that I f
my conscience sake
cannot execute the l atest Di re6~iy e~ abotit the placement of members· bf
The Ne ther1arids' labor fo rce i h Ger~~ny . _
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I there fo r re ou es t thn:t y ou will · as.s ist my honora ble discharge trom tede ral
employm~ nt . Signed 'The Chiet Neg o,ti?, t o2· · for Traff ic and Communication.
No t~ :
? . 'Termaat
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~rhis letter was th e result of · o{j_r ( Pi eter.·and .\ dria nn BFJ.rba:ra Term~ t )
u mrn i mous dec ision · not to .s end ·The Neth erlands ' men to -ch0 Ge r man war
factor ie s ove r my signature .·. Ad riana R~ rb a ra ~~s 2b , Pieter l~, Kei~h
·( Co;rne ~is Gc1.rend ') ~ years -of n.[f,e . a nd _Ni_c k · _<- Nie ~laas Pieter J a n) ,.. months
old. ' le fully real ize d the . political ·a nd · economic consequ~nce s , but our
:prA.yers susti:J.ined us forcef ul ly . t.1y carir: e r was fast movihg upward n na
n<5w · c,:1.0 e to A.n end . 'H e· did no t have f inanc i a l r e sou:r;ces but our salary . ·
I did lo se my voice for . we~ks , but copies of our l etter 3parked t~ Reg~ ona
, · Re si stanc e 8.nd st-rengthe ned the imiminds· of ,the patriots ab out -the enemy's
· · in ten.,tions .
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11.1. May 1940
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Peter N.
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Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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RHC-144_Termaat_COR_1942-05-01-Pieters-conscientious-resignation-360
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Termaat, Pieter
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1942-05-01
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Conscientious Resignation letter
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Letter of conscientious resignation from his position as Chief Negotiator for Traffic and Communication in the Dutch federal government by Pieter Termaat. In Dutch, with English translation.
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Dutch
Conscientious objection
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n In the memento exists the secret of salvation
Baal Chem Tov
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The diploma at hand attests to it , that in its meeting
of the 14th of January 1985, the oOlllrllission for
bestowing honor to the righteous among the nations ,
established by the Commerative Institute of the
Martyrs and heroes YAD VASHEM ,
based on the good faith and testimony of witnesses ,
has rendered honor to :
Peter N. and Adriana Termaat
who , with their life at risk have saved persecuted
Jews during the period of the Holocaust in Europe ,
and has awarded to them the Medal of the Righteous
among the nations ,
and has authorized them to plant a tree in their
name in the Lane of the Righteous on the mountain
of Commemoration in Jerusalem .
Done at Jerusalem Israel on the 12th of January 1986 .
The inscription on the medal reads
To Peter N. and Adriana Termaat
the Jewish people recognize that whosoever saves
one life , saves the entire universe .
We received the Certificate and Medal from the hands of
Ambassador Zvi Brosh of Israel , in a ceremony on March 31, 1986
at the Consulate General of Israel in Chicago
The ceremony was attended by the media, Holocaust survivors
and Jewish leaders .
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Termaat, Peter N.
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Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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RHC-144_Termaat_AWD_1986-03-31-Yad-Vashem-Description-of-medal-and-ceremony-401
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Termaat, Pieter
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1986-03-31
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Description of Yad Vashem medal and ceremony
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Typescript translation and description of Yad Vashem Righteous Gentiles Award, medal and ceremony.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
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Economics in The Netherlands 1940 _ 1945 ( f/R-1.. r' 0 CCV f 11 ~rl..._,
Its impact on our family.
The two of us joined the National Youth Union ( Nationaal Jongeren Verbond)
in 1932 upon the initiation of the West Friesland Chapter. At that time
there were chapters in all parts of the Kingdom of The Netherlands with a
combined membership of 1,500. These chapters formed a catalyst among
loyal citizen groups on national holidays and attracted students with
historical and patriotic lectures throughout the year. We felt at home
because of the shared moral and patriotic high gro1.md.
In those crucial years we worked with men and women, courageous , idealistic
and dedicated to a degree at that time seldom seen in other youth groups.
The group was preceded in 1927 by a youth organization which directed its
efforts against the marxist propaganda for unilateral disarmament.
The transformation to the National Youth Union under the honorary chairpersonship of her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Juliana came later.
Besides the goal to strive for a strong national defense (Europe, so
shortly after the carnage of World War I was beginning to come to a boil
again) the organization came out strongly for the unity of our kingdom
as it had existed for centuries in Europe, Asia and South America.
Just before we married on April 18, 1939, the pre-mobilization command·
was issued for specialist and strategic regiments.
Total mobilization followed on August 29, 1939 .Recalling the often critical
shortages during Netherlands' neutrality from war during 1914-1918, a
distribution system of supplies was instituted in Se~tember. Ration cards
were issued under the management of the Centraal Distributie Kantoor
(Central Distribution office) in the Department of Commerce, Industry and
Shipping • Allocation of food supplies was administered by the Department
of Agriculture. With foresight the cabinet had stockpiled critical items
such as wheat, vegetable oil, rice, gasoline, coffee and tea.
After the capitulation to the German armed forces on May 14, 1940, our
youth organization was the one which kept a steady course and participated
on June 29th, 1940 in the national public celebration of Prince Bernhard's
birthday. Everywhere people wore a white carnation ( Prince Bernhard's
favorite) and at the Royal Palace in The Hague and at Royal monuments
flowers piled up.
Thousands signed the palace register of congratulation, which was later
confiscated by the Nazi's. Orange buttons and bunting were featured everywhere • In our monthly "De Tram" (The drum) we encouraged people to stay
loyal to the Queen and to ~ur fatherland and to ignore as much as possible
the German presence. After June 29th, 2 members of our national board,
van Santen and Schiebergen were arrested and our organization was accorded
the high honor of becoming the first organization to be banned .We the
members transfered to the first organization declared illegal by the invaders.
This was the O.D. (order service) consisted of military personnel.
From 1940 to August 1944 the daily ration for adults was about half of the
pre-war consumption in terms of calories. In these four years the average
ration amolm.ted to less than 1500 calories. This did not present a famine
level, but did lea.d to progressive weakening of human energy and resistance
to disease.
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At that time no refrirators or freezers were in use; mostly the temperate climate
ranging from 20 to 70 Fahrenheit, did not make it necessary. So, thrown
into war circumstances, your ability to stock up, besides financial considerations1was limited to non-perishables. So, we could stock home-canned foods,
which were not popular outside farming communities.
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And then there was a psychological factor at work. That what was made
available on ration cards, was purchased whether it was needttl or not
that week or fortnight. A good example was the purchase of cigars,
cigarett1_s and pipe tobacco. Non-smokers purchased what became available
gave it i'o family members gr friends or used .ns,d;- it as barter or sold it
at a higher price i/1v #..L. ,t.,C..c.-(. -n, ~e-'f. From September 1939 to May ,1940, when the occupation by enemy forces
became a fact, only sugar and peas were rationed , although in adequate
quantity and with reasonable frequency.
What worked against the people was, that they had only begun of late to
recover from the terrible depression of 1929 to 1938.
And so clothing, household items, furniture and other basic necessities
were already depleted ~ the start of the war •
In the eight months ending December 1940, the German authorities added
22 rationed goods, affecting 70% of the average family's consumption.
By November 1943, 95~ of the diet was rationed.
After the disastrous failing of the British Airborne attack at Arnhem
in September 1944, food rationing was decentralized and became a local
responsibility. The size of the rations and its content depended on what
was on hand locally.
Further1 the German army closed off the western seab9ard provinces by a
20 miles long~cordon running from the Rhine river just west of Arnhem
to the Zuiderzee. These provinces, the most heavily populated of the
country suffered terribly. The order of Nazi govenor Seyss Inquart to
embargo all shipments of food to the west of that cordon was a major
factor for the starvation rations.
In the west food rationing in October 1944 dropped to 1300 calories per
person per week: in November to 950 calories; in December to 550;
and in January 1945 to 340 calories.
The north-eastern provinces: Groningen, Friesland, Drente and Overijssel
managed to scrape by on 1300 calories per person per week from September
1944 to May 1945 •
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The h,mger reached us as well and weakened the health of,~ family.
Infections were chronic. And then on November 9th 1944 (the birthday
of father C.B.Termaat) .Jarm:ie had a premature birth at about 4½ months •
Warned by our doctor Willem Verdonk who was in fear of her life, I came
home that night out of hiding to be with her. Doctor Verdonk assisted us.
It was a boy, so tiny in death, his features resembling those of Keith
and M:Yte • But there was no time to lose , I had to be gone by d'awn •
A box had to serve as coffin and with our prayers I carried him oupide
and in the backyard I dug a grave • Then Jm:t!d:e and I said our goodb~S::1
and I left again for my hiding place, to continue the bitter struggle.
~ did not get _adequate food to regain her strength ; het mainstay
was thin buttermilk porridge. A neigborlady_gave up some of her rations
"you need it more than me-'' was all she said •
Towards the end of December we decided that a visit had to be paid to
Oma Schuurman' s relatives., still living on active farms to seek food •
J&ir.flie~ s sister Lyda and I met the day after Christmas early in the morning
on the road to Purmerend. One bicycle had no tires at all and the other
tires were in bad shape. We had planned to go through the Schermer polder
towards Purmerend , and from there to the ferry in Amsterdam harbor if! .it
seemed safe.
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Its impact on our family.
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A little ways out of Alkmaar there was bad news : the Germans had
flooded the polder to head off airborne attack. We rode the bicycles
through the water as long as we could, but finally had to walk.
With cold wet legs we reached Purmerend, and could then proceed along
the canal towards Amsterdam •
At the ferry we scanned for German uniforms and crossed safely.
We chose to find our way through east Amsterdam, thus avoiding
the center, which we knew was infested with the Nazi's. Reaching
the outskirts we went the last few miles to Diemen where we took the
country road to Over-Diemen. Just east of the Amsterdam-Rhine canal
lay the farm of Oma Schuurman's brother, nestled along the Zuiderzee
dike. We were cordially received; a warm meal was set and then butter,
cheese and some bacon were given to take home.
This was the family farm of the Hennipman's (Oma Schuurman's maiden name)
Oma Schuurman born in 1889 and·Ju_-,.ie her oldest daughter born in 1916
were both born right thefrt, in the same room in the same bedstead.
We took our leave and chose the road to the west to cross the canal on
our way to Hoofddorp, south of Schiphol; Arriving at the canal we
saw that the bridge we had anticipated was under construction.
The pilings, the side railings and a one foot ledge existed on which
the steel beams were to be laid for the roaddeck. But neither the beams
nor the deck were there.
There was no choice, we had to cross. I took one bike under rrry arm
held onto the railing and walked over the ledge to the other side.
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Fifteen feet below 1 the water with floating ice did look uninviting in ~
gathering dusk. Coming back I carried the second bike the same way,
and then helped Lyda across. Again riding the biclycles we passed close
to SchipholVwhere we encotmtered a heavy fog. Finding the main road
to Hoofddorp was not easy, but we did find i t . Suddenly we heard
a voice calling : 11 Wer da" , German for who goes • We heard the bolt
of a rifle I, said nothing and speeded along the Middenweg till we
reached the Roodenburg farm • Opa Schuurman' s eldeet sister was married
to Jacob Roodenburg. Again the reception was cordial. They fed us and
as it had become dark, we were invited to stay overnight.
After breakfast we were given amply from what the farm produced: several
bags of beans an:i peas • These too would go a long way to supplement
the starvation diet on which we could not subsist.
We thanked the Roodenburg's and took off, carefully watching out for
enemy checkpoints and platoons of the "Landwacht" a particular vicious
uniformed group of Dutch nazi's who roamed about roughing people up,
sometimes arresting them, and confiscating what they had on them.
We talked to people before proceeding in one direction or another
We decided to return to Alkmaar by circling wide around Schiphol Airport
in the direction of Velsen, where a ferry could bring us across the$
wide and deep canal which runs from Amsterdam harbor to the North Sea.
Once across we would have a choice of roads leading towards Alkmaar.
We made it safely across but shortly afterwards lost another tire.
We managed to reach Limmen, a village several miles south of Alkmaar
and as dusk was setting in over the unlit road, proceeded slowly with
our precious load along the main road, On reaching Alkmaar we took the
smaller side streets, which were ,<l{i so familiar to us and reached Oma's
Schuurman's house just before curfew time
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Its impact on our family.
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Because of Jarmie' s weakened condition • Oma. Schuurman took her and Keith
and Nico in her apartment in Alkmaar in February 1945. after the house in Broek
was closed; all our possessions had been gathered into one large room in
Broek which we had then secured with a heavy lock. The remainder of the house
was rented out to a refugee family •
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by March 1945 they as well as everybody in Oma S-chuurman's house were again
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.il reduced to a level of scarcity which begged for some supplement.
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I walked one day along the back roads to the Langedijk where I knew a man by:il'd~:r,11
V Tll.AtltpoP.:r the name of Jonker , who operated a one manybusiness with a fla-t?'wagon with
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canvas sides and top. I found him willing to make the trip from Broek to
Alkmaar. Several farmers I knew very well were willing to sell us onions,
potatoes, huge carrots1 in better days used for horse fodder and cabbage
at reasonable prices. I then ventured into the city of Alkmaar to a friend's
house who was the district president of the Chamber of Coll'IDlerce. We discussed
the problems I faced and what I had done so far to transport food •
He was able to locate a dozen or so large sturdy crates at no cost as long
as they were returned intact.
So Jonker picked up the crates which filled his wagon and brought them to the
village of Broek. There the crates were filled at various locations.
When I had familiarized Jonker with the destination - the house of Opa and Oma
Termaat, a day was chosen for the transport.
Jonker. sitting on ~fibox gently guided his horse at a leasurely pace.
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torqll eastern directions and unloaded the crates with our help into the
small barn in the back of the elder Termaat's house.
During the following days after dusk set in, but well before curfew, an
orderly distribution was effected. For many it was a lifeline for the last
6 weeks of the occupation. No one tried to profit 'lll'lseemly from this
operation.
At the start of the war , no one knew what the future would bring nor how
long the occupation would last. But one steely conviction we held
liberation from this evil regime must come.
It would later be said that the imperviousness of the Dutch people as a
whole to Nazi contamination must be credited to the basic characteristics
of its society rather than to external circumstances.
Foremost was the fact that in Holland the family and the churches had not
abdicated their character-shaping and opinion forming functions to the state
and to political groupings • The primary family unit and the churches were
comparatively inaccessible to the Nazi ideology and could not be made to conJ:orm/.
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
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1869 - 2012
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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nl
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Termaat, Pieter
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Economics in the Netherlands, 1940-1945: Its impact on our family
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Essay by Pieter Termaat describing the economic conditions in the Netherlands during the Nazi Occupation.
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Dutch
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
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From the middle of the 1930ties, the seemingly parallel lines
of development of Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan were being
forged into diplomatic contacts to bend these lines to a point
certain where they would converge and then intersect.
Together they pursued ~eo-political goals from the A~lantic to
the Urals and in the Pacific a mare nostrum for ZJapan.
In Europe a defense system was pursued from the North Cape to
tne Spanish border; Norway, Denmark. Holland, Belgium and
France would have to be taken after wnich tne ultimate goal
- - - - - - ~of congering England would De reached.
The German High Command , at·ter the det·eat in WWI I where a
cease fire in 1918 made the allied armies come to a halt short
of enterl.ng Germany, set the goal for the next war.
Japan after winning a war against Russia in 1904 - 1905 Decame
the first Asian state to defeat a European power and conceived
a stat,egy to conquer Korea, Mansjuria · - •• and in particular
the Netherlands East Indies.
ere raw materials were availabie
l.n abundance , as ..._ -.- WPr.>
labor •
The conquest of the west of Europe would lay a protective shield
in front of Germany's heavy war ind.~try in the Ruhr , and wnen
WWII started. Heil.and and Belgium bor.e"~unt of tne newly developed
air forces, besides for Germany being the jumP-off point for the
attack on England, and for the Allies a point of entry into
Europe
for Germany's defeat.
- - - -- - On September
10, 1943 Hitler's right hand man Joseph Goebbels
wrote 1n nis diary :
11 The FUhrer expects the Anglo-American invasion attempt to come
in The Netherlands. We are the weakest there, and the
population would be most inclined to give the necessary local
support for such an undertaking, As everybody knows, tne Dutch
are the most insolent and obstreperous people in the entire west."
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For Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain it was clear that they would
have only one chance to achieve their goals: a oordinated and
fast attack.
In a mi~ ary conflict a strong economic base is more vital in the
long term than military superiority. Stretching militarily beyond
what taeir economies will sustain, nations are looking for a fall.
History gives us concrete examples:
the Hapsburg monarchy went unier througn deficit financing and
inflation;
Spain's Philip II with a large deficit• attacking Holland , Belgium
and England, with the Duke of Parma's landing Army contained by
the Dutch shallow draft war snips, while the larger Dutch and
English war ships defeated the foolish toP-heavy ships of the
Armada ,. with all the refined tools of torture froma Torquemada aboard.
And we ourselves are hard put to fulfill the mili~ary obligations
which came to us at the brilliant victories over the Axis powers,
in 1945 •
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
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1869 - 2012
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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eng
nl
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RHC-144_Termaat_WRI_Lecture-Notes-322
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Termaat, Pieter
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Lecture Notes
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Lecture notes by Pieter Termaat about the rise of fascism in Europe and the lead up to World War II.
Subject
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Fascism
Germany -- Social conditions
Social conditions
Germany
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eng
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The goal of the Axis powers in its major attacks was to obtain
contro~ of the opponents economic infra-structure and as much
as proved possib~e and to obtain it in the best possible condition.
The economic infra-structure intact. offers the occupying forces
valuable help.
If the major attacks destroy too much, the rebuilding of the
infra-structure in war time defies the imagination, logisLically.
a
Regrdless of the system mankind lives under those in power rest
their hope on the public's amnesia.
It has become the invaluable achievement of the underground press
and of tne British Broadcasting Company that amnesia aid not
occur. The hope for tne great goal of the wettern democracies
to be free again under the rule of law, was kept alive,
its flame never was extinguished. ana 1£ one bearer of the flame
fell, other hands gripped the torch tightly and carried it
forward.
That is one side of the human factor. The opposillte represents
the inexactness of social studies in evaluating human behavior
as inexact asi: the stux:dy of economics has proved to be.
Roger Morris who served on the National Security Counci~
under the Johnson and Nixon administrations, recently wrote
about our capacity to take the devil as an ally.
He starts to say : " It was a rare , fleeting , ugly glimpse
into the aark unaerside of American foreign policy, a worid
that 1·ew of us can imagine "
And speaking in that artic.i.e about tne CIA. he states
"The C!A and its predecessor, the old offoce of Strategic
Services, harbored and hired Nazi war criminals as allies
against tne Sovjets in the early days of the cold war. For
tne SS and Gestapo officers, no questions were asked."
Paul de Man, a Belgian is a perfect example.
During the NAZI occupation of his country he wrote some 100
articles and book reviews, always rabid ant.i-Semitic in
the Nazi newspaper Le Soir.
Yet he became a professor at Yale, teaching 11 deconstruction"
amethou, not a coherent boday 9f knowledge, Which in
effect a vast amnesty project for the politics 01· collaboration
during WWil.
IffY
In this connection l want to repeat personal conviction that
despite the exponencially exploded literature about nazism
and fascisme, tnere remains a wide gap, which can only be
filled. by a study in all West European countries of the newspapers and magazines that were allowed to appaer during the 5
years of occupation. David Lehman wrote a lucid article about
Paul de Man in Newsweek and m:, remarks are being attributed
to him, but ffiey struck the still VJJry sensitive strings
in me which longed for just such a study.
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
Description
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
Date
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1869 - 2012
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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eng
nl
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Termaat, Pieter
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Lecture Notes
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Notes by Pieter Termaat on the goals of the Axis powers during World War II.
Subject
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World War, 1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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eng
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PETER N. TERMAAT
i\ug 18, 87
Dear Bill
Thanks a lot for sending us the notes
a couple of students made after our visit last year.
One can only try to make up for the lack of direct
involvement of the present generation in the horrible
circumstances then.
Thinking back from the time we were young , how
real were then facts to us which occurred in the latter
part of the 19th centmry?
We are looking forward to be with you and the students
again •
Please find enclosed a resume which I prepared on
your advice o We hope to follow the lead you gave me.
Cordially ,
�Dr. William Baum
237 Mack
�1730 WESTLAND DRIVE N.E .
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49505
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�PETER N. TERMMT
1730 WEST LANE DRIVE N.E.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 4950$
October 25 , 1987
Dr. v1illiam Baum
Grand Valley State University.
Dear Bill:
Please find enclosed the following documents:
1. A resume from Jean ( l\driana Barbara ) Termaat
2. ft resume from Peter ( Pieter Nicolaas) Termaat ,
we thought it good to note that the schoolyear in
"our" time consisted of 225 schooldays, beginning
with the first form ( ?th grade) • University
education started after the sixth form.
Though the two of us did not need i t , we do want
to note that lateral changes to schoolforms with
a less demanding schedule were provided for.
J. I\ copy of the diploma of PNT as fully qualified
-:teacher •
4. A copy of the diploma of PNT as qualified in
the social sciences.
5. I\ copy of the psychological testing of PNT by
Dr.Ramon G.Douse, taken in 1952 , siE months after
arriving in the U.S. The findings were consistent
with those of the Free University of 1\msterdam in
194l~the latter's opinion resulting in a substantial
promotion, wile the former reshl.ted in my bei~
hired as an auditor by Touche Ross Co.,
6. ~ list of the study books and reference materials
of /I lmere College • For the German language it did
include mastery of the 11 1\.ltschrtft" the Latin
script.
?. The content listing of the study materiil in world
and national history of l\.lmere College (forms 7,
8 and 9) •
8Q The Almere College content of the study material
on Geography for the first and second form.
9. I\ copy of the diploma of ABT qualifying her for
business adminmstaation.
10. 8xamples of the 6th form final exams:
aw 1\.1, ~ 3 and A 5 Business administration.
b. AB 2, I\ LB 6 Netherlandic language.
c. A 7 and AB 8 German language.
d. 1\.9 and AB 10 French language.
e. l\.ll and RB 12 English lan~uage.
fQ B 1 Physi:Jocs
g . 4 mathematical exams.
We will gladly assist in further explanation of the
Dutch language material.
Cordially,
Ct)~11SI~
�PETER N. TERMAAT
1730 WEST LANE DRIVE, N.E.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49505
Resume ~driana Barbara Termaat
Date of birth
Married
First son born
Start of German occupation
Three more sons born
2-21-1916 Diemen Netherlands
Li_1s_1939
4_27_19Lio
5_1l/_19Lio
ended 5-8-19u5
19L2 , 19LJ6 and 1 9u9
Experience
Performed business administration in father's trucking business
for 7 years •
Raised 4 sons •
Worked parttime after 1960, about 20 hours per weAk.
1967 to 1979 worked full time as travel consultant.
Education:
High school diploma full course. Math, science and 4 languages.
Business school diploma: business administration and correspondence
and 3 languages.
Correspondents coJ;e Leidsch Insti.tuut for handelswetenschappen.
A.vocations:
studing the life of II special" women.
Studying mores, customs and religious values of many countries.
Stfiled forms of government and the inter-action of their systems
and the inter dependency of all countries.
�PETER N. TERMAAT
1730 WEST LANE DRIVE N.E.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49505
Resume Pieter Nicolaas Termaat
Date of birth
Married
4 sons , born
Excellent health.
3-7-1911.J Kampen Netherlands
4_18_1939
19ho, 1942 , 19h6 and 191.J9.
Personal
USA
USTI
USA
Neth
1958
1952
1952
191.J2
- 1979 Credit Manager and internal auditor wholesale house.
- 1958 A.uditor Touche Ross Co.,
first 6 months Accounts payable Meijer, Inc.,
- 1952 operated own paactice as public accountant and
Neth
Neth
1941 - 1942 mediator National Department of Social ~ffairs.
1934 - 1941 mediator and accountant City of f.lkmaar
tax consultant.
My experience in the Netherlands and in the USA. brought me broad
experience in labor relations and laws.
During my 45 working years I kept current with my profession
and cultural level.
Education
1926
1931
1933
1934
1938
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1930
1933
1934
1937
1941
1941 - 1942
Almere College Kampen Netherlands
Pedagogic Academy fllkmaar Netherlands: BA
studied 1 year towards ~A
Leidsch Instituut voor Onderwijsinstellingen: Economics and finance.
Leidsch Instituut: Social sciences
degree 1941.
Private lessons in Latin.
Military
1934 - 1936
191.Jo - 19Li5
National Guard
vM II lieutenant Interior Forces
in occupied The Netherlands.
May 1942: refused in writing to select
and send men to work in German war
factories •
•fay 9, 1941.J home raided by the Gestapo ,
but escaped arrest.
�Novl'!"llber
9, 1987
Fr,fHssor .'illi.=i.m B8Ut:
Grand Valley -t. t'? 1• r,h ,~,-.,;i.t 1
DeBr Bill:
In t:oi. ,~ ovPr my
"r~ , : noti ced that
I overlooked to l"'l!J.h~ ava51a.blo to the students
the pv )Vi LOY\S of thP. ':e!"eV" Com? _ntioris t
·which : 11r,v n"· cne;l()5'?'~ •
i:l1 a!',:, h.ir,½ly ., ~ p~eci':!.ti re for :rc,1:r- ef'Pnrts on
o:.u· btthalf •
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�GRAND
VALLEY
STATE
COLLEGE
Allendale, Michigan 49401 • 616/895-6611
November 11, 1987
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Termaat
1730 West Lane Dr. N.E.
Grand Rapids, MI
49505
Dear Jean and Peter:
Once again we all agree that you did a splendid job here
recently.
Your presentations were interesting and well
suited to our needs.
It sure was a treat for us to be able to dine together with
your sons, your daughter-in-law, Mandy and Lorraine.
Now I must focus on my project to have you receive honorary
degrees in the spring.
I shall be in touch soon as I inevitably am to call on you
for something or another.
In the meantime, we hope that the coming holiday season is
enjoyable for both of you and your family.
Cordially,
William C. Baum
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Grand Valley State Univesity
262 Mackinaw Hall
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Please give our regards to 1".rs. Baum • We are coming along quite well ("~ordially.
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
Description
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
Date
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1869 - 2012
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
Subject
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
Publisher
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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application/pdf
image/jpeg
Language
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eng
nl
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RHC-144_Termaat_COR_1987-1988-PNT-Baum-letters
Creator
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Termaat, Pieter
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1987/1988
Title
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Letters about GVSU lectures
Description
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Letters between Pieter Termaat and Professor William Baum of Grand Valley State University about guest lecturing on the Holocaust.
Contributor
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Baum, William
Subject
The topic of the resource
Dutch Americans
History teachers
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Ber gen NB , 4 a pr i l 1978
Liev e mensen ,
Sorry dat ik zo lang gewac h t heb met op jullie brief te rea geren , terwij l i k
er juist zo b li j mee was. Daa r war en versc ~illende re denen vo or uite raard,
maar behalve de strik t noodzakel i j ke dingen die gedaan moesten worden i.v. m.
de notaris ( e n mijn ei gen belasti ng a angifte v66r 1 april ) l eek het wel of
er met het wegva ll en van de spanning e en soort apathie over me kwam .
Maar laat ik nu e ers t zeggen dat i k het met jullie r edener i ng helemaal eens
ben - en jullie conclusi e is kennelijk g eba se erd op het rapport van Ton W. dat het onjuis t en ongewenst zou zijn de kinderen te betrekken in deze affaire.
Late n we het maar verge ten en blij zi jn , dat we elkaar no g heb ben en onze
onderlinge r e latie z uiver is.
Eén din g moet i k recht zette n . Gé he ef t geen enke l re cht op een e rfd ee l.
Er was geen testamen t en dan is er in de wet gere geld dat alles gelijkelijk
v erdeeld wordt en het deel dat toe komt aan een inmi dde ls overleden kind
v ervalt aan diens kinderen , ergo de k i nder en trede n dan in de re cht en van
d e (in dit geval)vader. Dat re cht kan niet ontnomen worden . De kinderen hebben mij ook gemachtigd. Ik he b ze destijds voor d e keuze gesteld "iemand"
aan te stellen met ber e idheid mijnerz ijds die t aak op me te n emen indien
zi j dat wensten. Dat is z o gebeurd .
Bijna gelijktijdi g met jullie bri ef werd me ono mstotelij k duidelij k dat ik
geen bewijs kan leveren dat ~ t grafmonument veranderd is. Fa.Sto e l, die het
werk destijd-s uitvoerde '- a -r::en 1.t::v~i:a.e e-i.u . 111::: e ri, geen Öuc umen1,a.-c1e
meer uit 194 3. Rem was tot e ni ge tijd in de oorlo g gebrui kel i jk dat de opdrach tgeven een officiele foto van het graf kreeg, maa r z o ' n foto he e ft bij
mijn wete n no oit be staan . Dan zou ik heQ zeker gezien heb ben en zou hij ongetwijfeld do or Moeder bewaa r d zijn . De Hee r Ne e f van Stoel wist niet meer
precies te zeggen wanne er men de tradit ie i.v. m. oorlo gstoestanden moest
opge ven. Al met al heb ik de r ekening)z ~nde r verd er co mmenta a r bjtaa ld .
En dat was dan dat.
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we er opbellen. Trouwens op Moeder's verjaardag hebbe n ze me zelf ge be ld.
Vond ik er g fi jno Van Greet hoor ik op het ogenb lik niet zo veel, maar dat
kan ook aan mij li ggen, want i k ben zo traag me t c orrespondentie mo ment e e l
en er ligt e en grote stapel onbeantwoo rd e brieven. Gr eet en Peter gaan binne nk ort ( Me i ?) met vac antie naar Grie ken land; een eilandje in de buurt van
Cor foe , meen ik .
Mo~e lij k zijn Cor en Dori met de paasdagen er een paa r dagen t usse nuit ge we e st . I k heb al een paar keer v er geef s gepr obee r d Dori te be ll en voor een
"zomaar" bab be lt je .
Gisteren belde een vriendin uit Den Haag me op om te v e rt ellen , dat Hon
i n het ziekenhuis was . Ik wis t èat ze een operati e moest onder gaan , maar
het was a l e en keer uit ge ste l d wegens plaa ts gebre k . Zo mo gelijk zal ik een
dezer dagen een bezoekje brengeP- , maa r dan moet ik bijna wel b l ijven logeren "erge ns". Zal wel zien .
En dat is dan e i genl i jk het ein d van mij n bri efje . Hopeli jk ko m ik dezer
dagen weer ±n meer in d e brief - sc hr i j f - geest .
Tot spoe d i g ,
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Ik wil probeeren om mijn gedachten op pailer te zetten, met zekere bijzonderheden
met betrekking op mijzelf . Jullie zult wel niet kunnen begrijpen, waarom onze brief
niet aangekomen is , wel eenvoudig omdat we hem nooit hebben verzonden.
Toen het na enkele weken goed tot mij doorgedrongen was, w ter allemaal gebeurd was
in de loop der jaren , en welke houding Jaap had genomen , kon ik haast niet gelooven ,
dat hij zoo bewust zijn Moeder en zijn zusters had benadeeld . Hij scheen totaal vergeten te hebben , dat hij zijn zusters en zwagers noodig heeft gehad om directeur te
worden na Vaders overlijden . De drie origineele ool1lillissarissen hadden Veerman willen
hebben , als een zooveel oudere en meer ervaren oandidaat, maar onze family bracht in
een meerderheid van stemmen , waardoor zijn benoeming plaats vond .
Voordat wij naar America vertrokken , kwam hij naar ons toe en zei , dat .!!.!J n i e t ~
dat de aandeelen het land verlieten en mij als het ware dwong om ze over te geven ,
vergetende dat ik ook ~q de zaak h~d ewerkt voor kost en inwoniny en een zak~eld van
Juni 1932 tot lJan . 1939 . Hij wist dat bij vergoeding had ontvangen of zeer binnenkort zou ontvangen voor de in de oorlog gevorderde auto,s, en door dit te verzwijgen
ons zeer bewust benadeelde.
lijda werd gedwongen om de aandeelen over te geven, omdat hij de "zaak ging verkoopen"
en daardoor de aandeelen noodi had , De verkoop gine toen prompt niet door .
Ik weet niet wat hij aan Corry heeft verteld om ze har afhandig te maken .
Een ander vraag is hoeveel aandeelen had hij oorspronkelijk in zijn bezit. Als het er
meer dan twee waren , waarom?
Wij vertrokken naar Ameri$A, zooals jullie weten in Januari 1952, dus ruim 25 jaar
geleden. In elk geval heeft Lyda een onderhoud gehad met Jaap in of voor 1973.
met betrekking tot al dit , dit is een zoogenäamde rnondelinrestuiting( binnen JO jaar) .
En dan nog adviseeren of dwingen(?) aan Moeder om de huisjes te verkoopen in Hillegom
en de waarde te gebruiken voor een hypotheek aan een volkomen vreemde in ruil voor een
vestigi~s vergunning voor hem zelf in Bergen. Deze transactie w~s niet in Moed rs
belang , aangezien Piet en Lijda het initiatief hadden genomen in de Raad van Commissarissen voor een waardevast pensioen , ten voordeele van ~oeder .
Hij benadeelde Moeder en daardoor de erven voor een aanzienlijk bed.ra~ . Onroerende
goederen, zooals de huisjes in Hillegom zijn zeer in waarde gestegen(20x of meer)
Dit ruikt naar misbruik van vertrouwen en ik ben dan ook zeer verontwaardigd . Iedere
keer als ik er aan denk word ik kwaad , dat wij zoo beetgenomen zijn. Voeder en nu h&ar
erven hebben nooit kunnen profiteeren van de meerwaarde van haar onroerend goed.
Ik vraag me zelf dan ook af , moeten wij dit allemaal nemen?
Na eenig nadenken zijn wij besloten om in Nederland advies in te winnen van een
expert , buiten de fami _, om de zaak uit te zoeken en te tr chten dit als nog op te
lossen in zoo goed mogelijke verstandhouding ~et alle partijen, en zoodoende voor de
zusters eenig rechtsherstel te krijgen .
Wij hebben inmiddels het eerste contact in deze richting gelegd.
Familie aangeleg enheden van een meer plezi erige aard moeten wacht en op een volgende
brief. Ontvang de hartelijke groeten van ons beiden •
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EN ZOU DE NOTA ~IS AAN DIT LAATSTE PUNT IETS KUNNEN DOEN , WE L
DAT IS DAN MEEGENOMEN . IS HET NIET MOGELIJK, SOEDAH •
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
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1869 - 2012
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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Termaat, Pieter
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1977/1978
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Letters about Oma Schuurman's estate
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Letters between Pieter Termaat and Lijda Schuurman about Lijsje Schuurman-Hennipman's estate. In Dutch.
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Schuurman, Lijda Schuurman
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Dutch
Administration of estates
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nl
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Peter N. and Adriana B. Termaat
1730 Westlane Ave N. E.,
Srand Ra.pids , ·li chigan J..9505
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Dear Hr . Bar:
'it _ reference t o t he Rivhteou s Gent ile L\.ward , my wife ancl I have
rec')ived at the Consulate on [IJarch 31 , 1986 , it is our understanding
that this would 11utl-iorize us to plant a troe in our 11 mes in the Lane
of t'1e 'til!htAous on the 7'-iountain of Com~omor tion n Jerusal em •
Should we not be able to e-o ther e ourselves 'lt thi time , we might
delo'5ato llnyone we wish to p1 :mt tl-ie t o,., on our behalf •
vould you gi e s t ho necess ry infor m tion abou th,., co t involved
and guide us in the a.y to fmnd n. contact i n Jerus lm11 , sn orr: nlz tion
or
porson to st,m d i'1 for us ?
i 'e would very much appr'lci. t o y our ad v1.c,,. •
Cordially ,
�Jerusalem, 2 October 1986
Mr. Peter N. Termaat
1730 Westland Drive, N.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
U.S . A.
Dear Mr. Termaat,
Thank you for your letter of August 25th.
You may delegate anyone you wish to plant the tree on
your behalf. Just advise us in writing the name of the person
and the date of his (or her) visit to Jerusalem.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Mordecai Paldiel
Director
Dept. for the Righteous
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LOCAUST MARTYRS' AND HEROES'
REIIEIIBRANCE AUTHORITY
HAR HAZIKARON, JERUSALEM
Jerusalem, 21 December 1986
Mr. Peter N. and Mrs . Adriana U. Termaat
1730 Westlane Avenue N.E.
Grand Rap ids , Mic hi gan 49505
U.S.A.
Dea r Mr. and Mrs. Termaat,
Yourl ett er to our Chicago Consulate-General was forwarded to us
for further study and proce ssing.
As you are an xious to have the tree bearing your names planted
as soon as possible, and there being no one else in Jerusalem to
desi gnate for thi s purpose, we shall willingly do it ourselves if
that i s fine with you. With your con sent, a tree will be added to
the Righ t eous lane at an appro priate date very soon .
Lookin g forward to your respon se to this sugges tion.
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Since rel y yours,
Dr. Mordecai Paldiel
Di rector
Dept. for the Righteous
file 3085
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Title
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
Description
An account of the resource
Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
Date
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1869 - 2012
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Termaat, Pieter
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1986/1987
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Letters between Pieter Termaat and Yad Vashem
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Letters about the planting of a tree in the Yad Vashem Avenue of the Righteous in honor of Pieter and Adriana Termaat.
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Yad Vashem
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)</a>
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Jewish Community Council
April 9, 1986
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Termaat
1730 West Lane Drive Northeast
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505
Dear Mr . and Mrs . Termaat:
On behalf of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit,
I would like to extend congratulations to you on the occasion of
your receiving the Medal of the Righteous from the government of the
State of Israel.
The courageous work of people such as yourselves in opposition to th e
Nazi death machine stands as a shinin~ example among the many dark
episodes which made up the Holocaust. Although th e reco gnition comes
many years after your brave deeds, it is sincere and well-deserved.
Again, we commend you for your selfless courage and decency during a
time wh en thes e qualities were, sadly , in short supply.
Sincerely ,
··dd,u~~
~ e lda Robinson, Chairperson
Holocaust Subcommitt ee
ZR:sk
Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit
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163 Madison Avenue
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Detroit, Ml 48226
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(313) 962-1880
�Peter and Adriana Termaat
17JO Westlane Drive N. E.,
Grand Rapids , Michigan 49505
April J, 1986
To
Mr . Moshe Bar , Consul
Consulate General of Israel
111 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Dear Mr. Bar,
Mrs.Termaat and I and our children and grandchildren want to thank you
for your kind reception on March Jlst.
I have enclosed two copies of the article which appeared in the Grand
Rapids Press on that day , and if you would so advise , will forward
one also to the Yad Vashem Authority.
What we missed in the article was our positive reference to the words
from Isaiah in the 16th chapter vs~ :
11 Shelter the homeless, do not betray the fugitive 11
It confronted from our pulpits in the Reformed Church, all members
with the coming sacrifices and these words took on a life of their own
virtually as a command.
And so our geneology goes on: from my mother who as a young girl in
the late 1890's went at night over their jewish neighbors to lite
the oil lamp at Sabbath's commencement, and what we have been able to
hand o~ver to our children and grandchildren and friends.
Blessed be Israel.
Very sincerely yours,
�Poter and Adriana Termaat
1730 Westlane Drive N.E.-,
Grand nap,-ds, Michigan 4950.5
To
His Excellency Zvi Brosh
Ambaesadol" of Israel
Co11su1ate General of Israel
111 East aoker Drive
Ch.ioago, Illinois 6060~
Excoelleney •
Mrs. Termaat and I want to thank you for the kind wox-ds you
spoke to us before personally handing to us the Righteous
Gentile Medal and Certificate of Honor.
Please accept also the appreciation f)-om our children and
grandchildren to graciously made them feel very welcome.
The second verse of the poem "The song of the eighteen dead"
which was written by our fellow resistance man Jan Campert,
which poem proved for him a premonition, might sum it all up.
It reads:
11 0h bright and lovely lahd farewell
Farewell free dunes and shore
I vow that from the hour you fell
I thought of ease no more.
What ' can a loyal man and true
At such a time essay,
But bid his wife and child adieu
And fight the useless fray? 11
We never overcame the feeling after
might have done more.
Blessed be Israel •
Very sincerely yours
�CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL
~K~., ~-
111 EAST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - 1
l'HONE (312} 5415-3300
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March 17, 1986
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Termaat
1730 West Lane Drive, N.E.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Termaat,
I am writing to confirm that the ceremony in which you will both be
honored by the YAO VASHEM Institute will take place on Monday, March
31st, 1986 at 2:30 PM at this Consulate.
Please let us know how many relatives will accompany you. We will
appreciate if you could be here around 2:15 PM the same day.
Yours sincerely,
Mot~
Consul
SPEED
Bar. Consul
'C~sulate Genera14 Israel
Mr.Moslie
111 East Wacker Drive
Cpi~o ,IJ.1:1iiois 60601
Dear Mr.Bar ,
.
In answer to your letter of Mi.reh l?, 1986 , I am pleased to inform you
that our .oldest son Keith and his wife Paulette, and our son Michiel and
his wife Gabrielle aid their two chtldren , and our granddaughter Barbara
plan to attend the ceremony on March Jlst.
we are looking f orwird to meeting you there
Your, ,1neere~
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�CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL
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UNP'W
111 EAST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS eoeo1
PHONE (3121 11115-3300
February 28, 1986
Mr. Peter N. Termoat
1730 Westlanc Drive NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Dear Mr. Termaat,
I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirit after your Arizona
vacation.
As agreed, I confirm that we shall be holding a ceremony, at the Consulate,
on Monday, March 31st in the e~rly afternoon hours.
In that ceremony, Ambassador Zvi Brosh, who is our Consul General, will award
you with the Righteous Gentile Medal and a Certificate of Honor upon your
noble deeds in rescuing some Jewish people during the Second World War in
the Netherlands.
The ceremony will be attended by the media, Holocaust survivors and some
Jewisn leaders here.
I will be in touch with you as we come closer to the date to finalize all
the arrangements.
Yours sincerely,
u/-#llt-
Moshe Bar
Consul
MB/ek
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
Description
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
Date
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1869 - 2012
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
Subject
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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Text
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eng
nl
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RHC-144_Termaat_AWD_1986-Yad-Vashem-Ceremony-details-391
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Termaat, Pieter
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1986
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Letters between Pieter Termaat and Yad Vashem
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Letters about the Yad Vashem Righteous Gentiles Award ceremony.
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Yad Vashem
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
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eng
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Peter N.Termaat - closing remarks.
I was sitting in a room where the discussion centered on anti-semitism.
One of those present made the following remark
11 I considerthe jews completely as human beings 11
You see, that man is an anti-semite. He doesnt know i t , but he is.
His premise is that he presents an absolute truth as something that
subject to dispute.
He is like a mathematician who is trying to prove the axiom.
That kind of remark is not inaccurate, but it makes a subject of discussion that which has been accepted generally as self-evident.
***
In formerly occupied countries looms a danger, especially in the ones
that were occupied the longest, like Norway and The Netherlands.
It is a historical certainty that a people , overpowered by a usurper
after its liberation appears to have been somewhat infected by them.
Freedom of the press, an absolute before the war, was being curtailed
after the occupation ended.
There certainly are ateempts by the government to influence the press.
11 Confidentials II to the editor-in-chief
, discussions by unnamed sources
outside the normal flow of the news, and especially the press spokesmen
in the service of government. All these are not directed towards influ_
ence of the press on the government in its duty to critical review,
but just to the opposite.
***
�Conflict and cooperation.
Conflict is the inescapable fact of life at any time.
It ie l'le'if a:ne it we:s i'A y:eaPs gone by , i'A y:ol:lP time
in y:ow ;paPents time and g;pam.pa:Pwi.ts tiM ,
Read the newspaper, turn on radio or television, it is there
So, why talk about a conflict that is far in the past, in
your grandparents time?
You and everyone in your age group did not experience i t .
You are living now in this time and that time was so different.
Or was it? Were the e~ents of humanconflict different tEfu.n?
Or was it the sheer magnitude of that conflict?
With 57 million military and civilian casualties and many
millions more affected to the depth of their being?
That conflict is still the darkest period of this centuri:Dy,
if not of all times. It raged worldwide, there was no hiding from it.
And it is on a grand scale the most immense tale of power, its abuse,
violence, injustice and murder.
All aatempts were directed to stamp out freedom as we know it
and cherish i t .
Ye~ did !'let e*pe:11Pie"Aee it. Shollld yoQ thePefeP ehPug it eff?
Your life in freedom , your existence have been made possible
because then harder than at any other age, close by and far off
'jJeJc.L ~ fought ~ , many battles against the darkness of
totalitarianism , and they were won at an unimag'i'S"le cost in lives
I hope that you will understand something, ,me mllj"8e more
deeply than ever before , why
·
· ~
try to bring the reality from that time back. There is always
hope that your generation, and you as an individual5may yet
learn to help prevent it happening again.
Is an individual capable of xaccomplishing anything that might
have influence on the course of events of so violent and insidious
a nature as was common in that conflict 7
Is not the all pervasive p~~nce of enemy forces and behind it
the vile tyranny of a morally rotten political system of such
a dimension that to lay low and get along is the better part of
wisdom? Is it not smarter to live for one's country and its
ideals than to die for it? Espeoi:cially when you are young?
Or is the agressive and fanatic political system imposed on
entire peoplesand even more hrsxhly upon individuals who stand
tall , motivation xenough to arrive at a point where honorable men
and women say~ enough.
Was there a philosophy or a compelling foresight that could prepare
men and women for contingencies which could not reasonably have been
foreseen in all its consequences?
Does history provide guidance? Crucial crossroads to which people
came and had to choose to either act righteously or bow to the
inevitable? In a storm cannot a strong tree that stands unbending
be broken, while rushes that bend with the wind right themselves
after the wind dies down ?
�
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Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection
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Termaat, Adriana B. (Schuurman)
Termaat, Peter N.
Description
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Collection contains genealogical, personal, and family papers and photographs documenting the lives and interests of Adriana and Peter Termaat. The bulk of the materials are related to family history and genealogical research carried out by the Termaats, including research notes and materials about places in the Netherlands that were significant to the Termaat and Schuurman families, such as the city of Alkmaar.
Other materials in the collection are related to the Termaats' experiences on the eve of and during the Second World War, especially the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Termaats' participation in organized resistance to the Nazis. Also included are materials that document the family's post-war life in the United States, including their public efforts to recognize, commemorate, and honor people and events significant to World War II.
Date
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1869 - 2012
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection, RHC-144</a>
Subject
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Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
Dutch
Dutch Americans
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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RHC-144
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Text
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image/jpeg
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eng
nl
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RHC-144_Termaat_WRI_Musings-297
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Termaat, Pieter
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Musings on Anti-semitism, Occupation, and Resistance
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Notes by Pieter N. Termaat about anti-semitism, occupation, resistance, and cooperation.
Subject
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Dutch
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
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<a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/719">Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)</a>
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
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application/pdf
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eng