2 24 226 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c210bd40e660170ded543b1e5d026408.pdf 73279e115204eb2f96ef80c6e4278c81 PDF Text Text MBBI LEWIS , RJ\BBI WEINGARTEN , DISTINGUISHED GUESTS /\.ND FRIENDS , IT IS A PRIVILEl'.:rE ON THIS DI\Y OF COMMEMOMTION OF THE HOLOCAUST TO BRING YOU A MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY DR . JI\N H. LUBBERS , AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS TO OUR COUNTRY . DR . LUBBERS ' MESSAGE READS : NATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE D/\.Y /\.PRIL 10 , 1983 CONGREBATION AH/\.V/\.S ISR~EL PEI' ER N. TERM/\./\ T �Message of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands April 10, 1983, gathering in Grand Rapids on Holocaust. NATIONAL HOLOCAUsr REMEMBRANCE DAY CON3-REBATION AHAVAS ISRAEL As year succeeds to year, and human events once believed glorious fade to ghosts of uncertain light, yet there are enterprises of mankind which persist as immutable monuments of shame, despite our efforts to pull them down forever. I speak of the Holocaust: the vengeful, pitiless and evil systematic destruction of our brothers and sisters. A half century ago this scheme was born in its modern w'ustrial manifestation when the means of production were perverted into factories of destruction. Forty years ago, the Holocaust had become an institution of total warfare, not against armies, but against human beings: clerks, grocers, dock workers, housewives, and children. It was turned against people whose only crnme under this horrific code was their religion, ethnic ancestry, frailty of mind or body. Great evil demands greater labors for good. In The Netherlands as in other countries of Europe, and in The United States, there were those who found, sometimes by chance, the opportunity and means to counter evil. Sometimes singly and without proclaiming their decision and work, sometimes in groups formed to oppose a system of evil with one of good, men and women, who equally by accident of birth had been preserved for the moment against persecution, fought to preserve life and sabotage evil. Now, decades after the immediate battle was ended, we know these freedom fighters as members of The Underground, and we have brought them up into the light as examples of courage for generations to come, and as candles of remembrance of those who could not be saved. And while those old factories and camps of death are now mounds of rubble and empty shells, there are still spores left in the ground, where they wait in suspended animation for the climate to change. But these spores of evil, spores of death, cannot tolerate light; they cannot withstand the forces of courage and good which you also celebrate today. Let us all bend our will and our efforts that never again will good be so overwhelmed by evil that it is reduced to a voice crying in the wilderness. Jan H. Lubbers �-.L-. NA.TIONI\.L HOLOCA.Usr REMEMBRI\NCE Dl\.Y SPEECH A.T l\.Hl\.VI\.S ISRI\.EL ON A.PRIL 10, 1983 • RI\BBI LEWIS, Rl\.BBI "\A.TEING/\.Rl'EN , DISTINGUISHED GUEsrS /\ND FRIENDS , IF EVER THERE IS A. NEED FOR ONE MORE LA.W TO BE PI\.SSED, WHICH TRI\NSCENDS l\.LL OTHER ISSUES , IT IS fl. LI\.W TO M/\KE ETHNIC INTIMIDATION /\ CRIME • ITS TIME IS NOW • TOO MANY INDIVIDUI\.LS /\ND GROUPS EXIsr TO MAKE P1\SSAGE OF SUCH I\. LI\.W IMPERA.T IVE • THE MEN WHO EXHORI'ED f\ND PROMOT E:D THE HOLOC/\Usr FOUND TOO LI\ RGE I\ NUMBER OF MEN /\.ND WOMEN , WHO OBEYED THEIR ORDERS WILLINGLY /\ND EAGERLY . FOR US , MEN A.ND WOMEN OF THE RESISTANCE , THE CLI\.RION CA.LL CI\ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NI\.ZI OCCUPI\TION Bffil\N , WHEN FROM THE PULPITS ISI\Il\.H 11 S PROPHETIC VOICE SOUNDED OUT : 11 SHELTER THE HOMELESS, DO NOT BETRI\.Y THE FUGITIVE • " IT WA.S A. TRUSTED VOICE THAT HI\D CALLED ON OUR PEOPLE NA.NY A. TIME IN HisrORY BEFORE . l\.T THE STI\.RT OF THE 17I'H CENTURY , THE FRENCH PHILOSOPHER DESC/\.RI'ES WHEN VISITING THE NETHERLA.NDS , WROTE : 11 THERE IS NO COUNTRY IN WHICH FREEDOM IS MORE COMPLETE , SECURITY GREl\.TER , CRIME Rl\.RER , THE SIMPLICITY OF /\NCIENT MANNERS MORE PERFECT THA.N HERE • II A.ND IN 1660 ANOTHER VISITING FRENCHMI\N WROTE : 11 THERE IS NOT TODI\Y A. PROVINCE IN THE WORLD THI\.T ENJOYS LIBERTY SO MUCH A.S HOLLAND • THE MOMENT ll SEIGNEUR BRINGS INTO THIS COUNTRY A.NY SERFS OR SLI\.VES , THEY ARE FREE • EVERYBODY CA.N LEA.VE THE COUNTRY WHEN HE PLEA.SES , A.ND CAN TA.KE /\.LL THE MONEY HE PLEA.SES WITH HIM • THE ROI\.DS ARE SA.FE DAY /\ND NIGHT , EVEN FOR I\ MA.N TRI\.VELLING A.LONE • THE MA.srER IS NOT /\LLOWED TO RETAIN /\ DOMESTIC AGAINST HIS OR HER WILL • NOBODY IS T RO UBL ED ON fl.CCOUNT OF ONE I S RELIGION • ONE IS FREE TO SA.Y WHA.T ONE CHOOSES , EVEN OF THE MI\.GISTRf\TES • 11 IN SHORT : TO BIGOTRY NO SI\NCTION, TO PERSECUTION NO ASSISTANCE • 11 INTO THIS GENIA.L ATMOSPHERE THE REFUGEES FROM EUROPE , BOTH CHRISTIANS A.ND JEWS , IMPA.RI'ED I\. STIMULA.TING VI\.RIETY OF TI\.LENTS • THE UNIVERSITIES OF LEIDEN , FRANEKER, HA.RDERWIJK, UTRECHT /\ND GRONINGEN GA.THERED WORLD FI\MOUS SCHOLA.RS AS EARLY AS THE 16t h AND 17th CENTURIES • IN 16L10 LEIDEN UNIVERSITY HI\.D BECOME , I\ MERE 'l1 YEARS AFTER TI'S FOUNDING , THE MOST RENOWNED SEA.T OF LEI\.Rl\JING IN EUROPE. AMONG THE GENEML POPULI\.TION OF THESE UNITED PROVINCES LITERACY WAS HIGHER TH/\N l\.NYWHERE ELSE IN EUROPE . THE DUTCH PRESS Wi\.S THE FIRsr FREE PRESS . THE LEIDEN WEEKLY NEWS /\.ND THE i\.MSTERDAM GAZETTE WERE READ THROUGHOUT WESTERN EUROPE , BECI\ USE THEY WERE KNOWN TO SPEA.K FREELY , WHILE EVERYWHERE ELSE THE PRESS WAS fl.T THl\.T TIME GOVERNMENTI\.LLY CONTROLLED • WHEN 1\ KING OF FRANCE I\SJ<ED TO HA.VE /\. DUTCH PUBLISHER SUPRESSED , HE WA.S l\srONISHED TO LEA.RN TH/\.T THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE • A.ND IN THIS CENTURY HOLLA.ND , UNDER HITLER ' s HEEL , SHOWED THE WORLD /\.GA.IN TH/\.T A FREE PRESS WA.S WORI'H SUFFERING FOR • �NATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY APRIL 10 , 19e3 CONGREGATION AH/I.VAS ISMEL FOR CENTURIES PEOPLE WHO BECAME FUGITIVES FOUND A SAFE HARBOR BEHIND DID-JES AND DIKES • THEY LOVED THE N:EW COUNTRY /\.ND NEARLY ADORED AMSTERDAM • AND WHEN QUEEN WILHEUIDJA BROUGHT HER ANNU/\.L VISIT TO THE C/\.PITA.L , THE DOORS OF THE SYNI\.GOGUE WERE OPENED TOO , /\.ND INSIDE FESTIVE LIGHTS BIAZED BRIGHTLY . I\.ND THE ROYAL OPEN COACHES CA.ME TO I\. STANDSTILL IN FRONT, IN REVERENCE FOR THIS HOUSE OF WORSHIP • AND ITS PEOPLE WERE MOVED , ROYA.LISTS /\.ND REPUBLIC!\.NS , CONSERVATIVES /\.ND LIBERALS . THE HONOR WHICH THE HE/\.D OF STATE SHOWED THE SYN/\GCGUE W/\S THE SYMBOL OF JUSTICE /\.ND S/\.FETY UNDER THE LI\.W • /\ND WHEN TI\.LES 'i.-J"BRE TOLD OP CRUEL PERSECUTION ELS&lliERE, THE JEWS LAMENTED /\ND THEY S/\ID : "TH/\.T C/\.NNOT HAPPEN HERE ." BUT IN THE YEI\.RS FROM 19li0 - 19L 5 IT DID HA.PP.EN /\ND THE DRE/\.DTI'UL SHA.DOW OF THE CROOKED CROSS W/\.S /\LSO C/IST OVER THE LOW LA.NDS • /\.ND WITH THE LOSS OF FREEDOM THAT H/\.D BEEN A.LOTTED THEM HOSPITABLY, THE JE'WS BECJ\.ME ONCE MORE THE LOSERS • /\.ND HOLLAND LOST MUCH • I\ND /\.MSTERDAM SUFFERED I\ GRIEVOUS LOSS . /\.ND THAT LOSS C!\.NNOT BE RESTORED. 1,,llil\.T HI\.S BEEN LOST CANNOT BE RffiAINED • BUT ISRAEL W/\.S ESTABLISHED 1\S /\. NATION ON A N/\.RROW STRIP OF LJ\ND IN 19l.i8 , AND THE VA.LOR OF THE IRGUN AND THE HI\.GI\.N/\.H /\.RE /\. MATTER OF RECORD . I\.ND IT YJJ\.Y YET BE S/\.ID : HOW WILD THE STORMS 1\RE BLOWING, HOW RA.IN AND SNOW HAS L/\.SHED, THE TALL HIGH HOUSE OF ZION STILL STANDS UNYIELDING FA.ST • IN THE END THE NAZI BRUTES WERE V/\NQUISHED • THEIRS IS NOT THE DESTINY OF CIVILIZ/\.TION . THE LIE, THE TREASON, THE BRUTE VICJLENCE , THE BREAKING OF THE SPIRIT, THE DICTATOR ' s SUPPRESSION /\.RE THE TOOLS OP THE EVIL ONE , v-lliICH WILL /\.LWAYS MEET UP WITH STRONGER RESIST/\.NCE IN MEASURE TO THEIR MONSTROSITY IN HOLLAND THE FIRST MEN /\.ND WOMEN OP THE RESIST/\NCE FEL'L IN THAT BATTLE ALREI\.DY IN THE FIRST YEJ\.R OF TH/1.T DA.RK NIGHTSPI\.N OF FIVE YEARS OF OCCUPATION . HIDING , CLOTHING /\.ND FEEDING J\.LLIED FLYING PERSONNEL A.ND AIRBORNES FOR THEIR SHORT PI\.SSING THROUGH ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND RHLROAD WAS I\.CCOMPLISHED NEXT TO THE EVEN MORE /\.ND LONGTIME INTENSIVE HELP OFfERED JEWS A.ND OTHER CITIZENS THREATENED WITH NI\.ZI HATRED • OUR BJ\.TTLE GROUPS I\.T TOTI\.L RISK FOUGHT AGJ\.INST . WHI\.T THE SPI\.RSE INFORMI\.TION FROM i\.USCHWITZ , TERBLINK/\, DACHAU A.ND MA.NY OTHER CAMPS SUGGESTED • HITLER 's RIGHT HA.ND M/\.N , GOEBBELS , WROTE IN HIS DIA.RY ON SEPTEMBER l0,19LJ3 : 11 THE FUHRER EXPECTS THE ANGL0-1\.MERICJ\.N INVASION ATTEMPT TO COME IN THE NETHERI.ANDS • WE i\.RE THE WEI\.KEST THERE , /\.ND THE POPULATION WOULD BE MOST INCLINED TO GIVE THE NECESSARY LOC/\.L SUPPORI' TO SUCH AN UNDERI'/\.KING • AS EVERYBODY KNOWS , THE DUTCH /\.RE THE MOST INSOLENT fl.ND OBSTREPEROUS PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WEST • " QUOTE , UNQUOTE • WID\.T STILL Hi\UNTS US A.S RESISTANCE PEOPLE IS : COULD WE HA.VE DONE MORE THAN Si\.VE ONLY ONE IN TEN J&lS • PEI'ER N. TERMJ\./\T �_:3_ BUT THE BLOODIED RI\NKS OF THE RESISTANCE PROVED THI\T NO SflCRIFICE IS TOO GREAT IN THE BI\TTLE FOR FREEDOM i\ND DIGNITY UNDER GOD' s COJ\I.JMJ.\.NDMENT S • OVER 40 }'f..INISTERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THE REF'ORMI\TION AND OVER 40 CI\.THOLIC PRIESTS PERISHED IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS • I\.ND IN THE NA.TIONA.L CEMEI'A.RY OF THE RESISTJ\NCE, IN THE DUNES BEI'WEEN Hl\.i\RLEM l\.ND THE SE/\ , 371 MEN (IND WOMEN , COMRI\DES ALL, FOUND THEIR 11\ST RESTDB PLI\.CE ON THE SPOT WHERE THEY WERE EXECUTED • I\ GRE!\.TER NUMBER WERE SHOT IN OTHER LOCI\.TIONS OR PERISHED I N THE CONCENTRI\.TION CI\.MPS. BY THE END OF 19li4 , THE A.CTIVE LIFESPJ\.N OF I\. RESISTJ\.NCE H'IGHTER WI\.S ESTIMATED i\T LESS THI\.N 4 MONTHS • LEI' :tvIE END BY RECITING 2 VERSES OF i\ POEM WHICH Ji\.N CAMPERT, fl. SENIOR i\.T THE UNIVERSITY OF flMSTERDi\M ' s MEDICAL SCHOOL, WROTE i\. YEl\.R BEFORE HE HIMSELF Wl\.S CAPTURED, TORrURED A.ND EXECUTED BEF'ORE I\ Nl\.ZIS~Ul\.D : OH BRIGHT /\.ND LOVELY Li\.ND F /\.REWELL Fi\.!WtlELL FREE DUNES /\.ND SHORE ! I VOW THAT FROM THE HOUR YOU FELL I THOUGHT OF EI\.SE NO MORE • WHI\.T CAN I\ LOYI\.L MAN AND TRUE l\.T SUCH I\. TIME ESSAY , BUT BID HIS WIFE I\.ND CHILD i\.DIEU /\.ND FIGHT THE USELESS FRflY ? MY T/\.SK WI\.S Hl\.RD , MY DUTY STERN IT BROUGHT ME TOIL fl.ND STRIFE BUT YEI' MY HEI\.Rr WOULD NEVER TURN BACK TO MY Ei\SY LIFE . FREEDOM WAS ONCE IN NETHERLAND BOTH HONORED AND MAINT l\.INED UNTIL THE SI\Vl\.GE' s SPOILER' s HI\.ND ITS DWELLING PLi\.CE PROFANED . VICI\.RIOUSLY WE I\.CCEPI' YOUR HONORABLE MENTION . MAY THE GRI\.CE AND THE INNER PEACE 017 THE GOD OF ABMHI\.M, ISI\.A.C A.ND JACOB BE WTTH US /\.LL IN THIS FREE Li\.ND , /\.ND KEEP US f\.T HIGH /I.LERI' I\.Gi\.INST I\.NOTHER HOLOCAUST EVER HAPPENING /I.GA.IN • FOR OUR UNITY CREI\TES STRENGTH . NATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DI\.Y I\.PRIL 10, 1983 CONGREGATION I\.HI\.VI\.S ISRAEL PBI'ER N. TERMAAT �AT THIS MOMENT MY WIFE A.ND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE MEN I S CLUB OF CONGRffil\.TION /1.Hl\.Vl\.S ISM.EL 4 BOOKLEI' S, WHICH REPRESENT THE SEI\.RCH AMONG THE SURVIVORS OF THE JEWS IN THE NEI'HERLfl.NDS • LISrED IN THESE MOVING HUMI\.N DOCUMENTS A.RE THEIR LAST AND FIRST NII.MES , THEIR DA.TE l\.ND PLI\.CE OF BIRTH /IND THEIR I\.DDRESS BEFORE A.ND I\.FTER THE Wl\.R , IN THE HOPE TH/IT A. RELATIVE OR FRIEND MIGHT YET BE FOUND • THESE BOOKLETS WERE GIVEN TO US 2 YEA.RS A.GO BY MRS . HESTER KLIJNKRl\.MER , WHO WITH HER HUSBl\.ND fl.ND THEIR SON A.ND THEIR NIECE HA.D FOUND I\. SA.FE HIDING FLA.CE IN THE HOME OF OUR BROTHER A.ND SISTER CORNELIS BAREND AND DOROTHEA JOHANNA TERMMT • MRS.KLIJNKRl\.MER HAS SINCE PASSED AWI\.Y, SURVIVING HER HUSE/IND BY I\. FEW YEA.RS. MY WIFE AND I THOUGHT IT MOST APPROPRIATE THI\.T THESE MOVING REMINDERS OF THE HOLOCI\.UST SHOULD RECEIVE A. WORI'H{ PlACE OF YOUR CHOOSING . Nl\.TIONA.L HOLOCI\.UST REMEMBRI\.NCE Dl\.Y APRIL 10, 1983 CONGREGATION l\.HA.Vf\.S ISRAEL PETER N. TERN!f1.1\.T �0 AT THIS MOMENT MY WIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE -MEN'S CLUB OF CONGREGATION A.HAVAS ISRAEL 4 BOOKLETS, WHICH REPRESENT THE SEARCH AMOl'K} THE SURVIVORS OF THE JE,WS IN THE NETHERLANDS • LIS!ED IN THESE MOVIl'K} HUMAN DOCUMENTS ARE THEIR usr AND FIRS! NAMES, THEIR DATE AND PLACE OF BIRl'H AND THEIR ADDRESS BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR, IN THE . HOPE THAT A RELATIVE OR FRIEND MIGHT YET BE FOUND • THESE BOOKLEr S WERE GIVEN TO US 2 YEARS AGO BY MRS.HES!ER KLIJNKRAMER, WHO WITH HER HUSBAND AND THEIR SON AND THEIR NIECE HAD FOUND A SAFE HIDING PIACE IN THE HOME OF OUR BROTHER AND SIS!ER CORNELIS BA.REND AND DOROTHEA. JOHANNA TERMMT • MRS.KLIJNKRAMER HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY, SURVIVIN'.z HER HUSBAND BY A FE.W YEARS • MY WIFE AND I THOtnHT IT MOS! APPROPRIATE THAT THESE MOVING REMINDERS OF THE HOI.OCAUsr SHOULD RECEIVE A WORl'H{ PIACE OF YOUR CHOOSING. NATIONAL HOLOCAUsr REMEMBRANCE DAY APRIL 10, 1983 CONGR&rATION A.HAVAS ISRAEL PETER N. TERMAAT G � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/3d9628fe874e544f1e6f0158202d3843.pdf bfa88cd7910e0cf4b9901966f053c94e PDF Text Text I / REMEMBERANCE SERVICE II NATIONAL HOLOCAUST DAY" IN CONGREGATION AHAVAS ISRAEL, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN on APRIL 10, 1983. "Rabbi Lewis, Rabbi Weingarten, Distinguished Guests, Friends: First of all I want to thank the Men's Club of the Congregation of Ahavas Israel for inviting our group of Dutch people, to be here with you on National Holocaust Day. I speak for all of us, when I say that we are very honored and deeply touched, that so long after the war, you Friends here in a country far away from where we helped our Jewish friends, asked us to share this with you. Personally I am deeply moved by your Cantor, remembering my fiancee Hein Sietsma and his friend, Albert van Meerveld, the leaders of my group, who gave their lives in Dachau and Oranienburg. Holocaust Day. A day, which for all of us brings painful memories, which maybe we rather would forget and block from our memories. But, how much it hurts, this may NEVER be forgotten and we,who lived during that time)HAVE to tell it, especially to the younger generation, so that it will never happen again, but on this my friend Pieter Termaat will speak. I want to say a few words on "Why we did it". Although our group only mtt each other recently in Washington, I know that we all helped for the same reason. Rabbi Si gal wrote recently his fine article in the Press on the Pasover_ ., and he wrote: 11 The call of theology is for ACTION. Then he mentioned some parts of the beautiful book of Isaiah, and also a verse from the New Testament book of John, which reads: 11 If you say you know Him and do not obey His commandments, you are a liar. 11 • That is s6 true and we have to keep this in mind, for many horrible things are done in the name of religion and Christianity. After all, we know that Hitler himself was a so~called Catholic. He surely did not obey God's commandments and therefore he had no right to use that Name. We were also taught the Old Testament: God's love for the people He chose from -2- �2) among all the nations on earth, His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In Genesis God says to Abraham:" I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you will be cursed and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you". We as Christians take this, that we are blessed through the Jewish people. They gave us so much, as w~ believe : Jesus~and also through the Jewish people we have ~ God's pr-ecious Word, which was our only strength during that horrible time. Therefore, when the war broke out, and believing all this, we just HAD to help. We said we knew Him and wanted to obey His commandments, which are:"Love thy God and they neighbor as thyself . II __ When Hitler started his unspeakable cruelty and the Jews had to r-eport for an unknown fate, with just one little suitcase, we were shocked. We did not yet kn6w what would happen to them. Many believed that it would not be all that bad, but those among us who had their eyes open, recognized the terrible evil and danger of the Nazi teachings and among those were my friends Hein and Albert. They started right away with whatever they could do. Soon I found out how it is, when you need a hiding place and you cannot find one: Six months after the German invasion, the Gestapo came already to arrest Hein, who, thank God, was not home. He was warned, phoned my parents house to warn us, for most probably, the Gestapo would come there also for him, but, we had to find a place for Hein before the 11 p.m. curfew. I was born and raised in the Hague, we had so many wonderful Christian friends there, so~confidently I hopped on my bike and started around 6 p.m . I remember how after hours and hours of asking everywhere, without results, with tears streaming down my cheeks there on my bike, I prayed, that God would provide a place for Hein , and I made then and there a vow, that if I ever could help people in the same circumstances, I would do whatever I could. And ... as a young girl, I was quite disap- pointed in my Christi'an friends who showed such a weak faith. I found a place just before 11 p.m. -3- �3) A year later, when Hitler ordered the Jews to report for 11 relocation 11 , I remembered my vow. We found a place on a farm for a young Jewish friend of ours and two weeks later we had a list of 60 of his relatives and friends, and the list grew and grew, till far past hundred. I am sure that my friends here in a similar way became involved. For the Christians, helping with this work>the Psalms of David became so very precious:" The Lord is my Light and my Salvation, Whom shall I fear?" We had to remind ours~lves of this, for often we were scared! After thr~e years, we were betrayed, the Gestapo came to my parents house and they knisw that we knew about the monthly attaches on German offices, where every month thousands of ration cards and blank identifi~ation cards were stolen. They wanted us. It was very serio~s and the Gestapo kept on coming to my parents house every 2-3 weeks till the end of the war, but of course we never went home again! We had to take false names, false papers. We had our wedding l ic.ense and my wedding dress was hanging in the closet, but we could not get married for the Gestapo kept their eyes on our families . . My work was to take care of all our Jewish friends in a certain part of the country: bring them mail, rat.ion cards and, when an address was in danger, to find a new place and bring them there. I walked and biked from village to village and often felt like David, when King Saul was after him.David wrote many psalms during that time and they became so alive to me! Like Tevye, in,,Fiddler on the Roof: I often had conversations with God during my walks and reminded Him of His promises: How wf break all ours, but that He never can break His, for He is holy! A year later the Gestapo caught Hein first and 2 weeks later me for unrelated ) things. While they had me in their claws on my false name, they were still searching for me on my real name at home! -4- �I was terrible scared that they would find out whom I really was and that they fi/ nally had me. That would have been the end of me. And then I thought of the beautiful story in the book of Kings, where the prophet Elisha prayed, when the enemy army of the king of Aram came to arrest him: 11 God blind their eyes", and God DID. I prayed and said daily:" Lord, You are the same from eternity, please do for me now, what You did thousands of years ago for Elisha, blind their eyes", and God DID. I dreaded the hearing, which I knew would surely come and thought that I would be paralized with fear. In prison I had scraped in the bricks of the wall with my bobby pin the words of Jesus: 11 Lo, -I am with you, al ways 11 • And when I was ca 11 ed and brought before 7 clean, well-fed Gestapo officers behind a large table, playing with their revolvers to intimidate me, instead of being scared,a great calm came over me and I remembered the words of David's Psalm:" If God had not been on our side, says Israel, they would have swallowed us alive". I KNEW He was on our side and what could these men, who thought that they had my fate in their hands then really do? I knew I was in His Fatherhand! Although I am fluent in German, I also had said when they invadedJthat I never would speak Gennan, till they had left our country, and during all these months, everything they said to me had to be translated. For I shrugged my shoulders, looked stupid and said that I could not understand them. During the hearing, although there was an interpreter, I understood every word they said. When, among other questions, they asked my religion and I told them "Christian Reformed" one of them said:" Schon wieder einde von diesen!" He said it really with contempt and scorn, but it made me s6 I happy for then I knew that in this camp there had to be many who were faithful and obeyed the Master. A miracle happened. I was let out a few days before this whole camp was brought . to RavensbrUck, where many died. You know now why we did it, and also, that all of us would do it again. we HAD to -5- �5) Would I like to have missed this part of my life? Although very difficult, I would NOT have missed it, because I KNOW now from experience that God keeps all His promises. He has never promised His people an easy life, but He HAS promised, as to Isaiah: 11 I will take you by the hand'~ And he DID. Many people feel, when difficulties and problems come, that it is a kind of punishment and say: 11 What have I done to deserve this? 11 My life has not been easy, but I like to think of God ·'s dear friend Job. Satan said to God: 11 No wonder he serves You, he has everything he can wish for, but wait and see what happens if you take everything - I away from him 11 • God was so sure of Job, that He allowed Satan to go ahead. Job lost everything, his 10 children in one day, everything he had, even his health, and we know what Job · said: ,The Lord has given, the Lord had taken, blessed be the name of the Lord". I have spoken for us who survived, that we never regret it and knew, we did the right thing. What about those who, after much suffering gave their lives? My friend Albert smuggled some notes to his young wife and in his last one he wrote: 11 Remember Psalm 71, verse 3. Which reads: 11 Be Thou to me a Rock of refuge, a strong Fortress to save me, for Thou art my Rock and Fortress 11 • And Hein? I knew he would never regret what he did, but I received a little note, written in pencil on a piece of toiletpaper which we sometimes got in the camps from the Red Cross. He threw it from the train when he was brought to Germany. It was his farewell note to me and he wrote in it: 11 Be courageous. Even if we would not see each other again here on earth, we will NEVER regret what we did .... 11 And, when after the war the most difficult time came .. of waiting who would come back, and week after week the Red Cross notices came: Dries was killed, Bouwe was killed, Aryen was not coming back, Piet was dead, Gerk was killed, Driek would not be back, Jan was killed and also Hein and Albert would never come back .... I did not want to live anymore! Why had I come through? For what??? -6- �- .. • 6..) I felt, like I was falling into a deep, black bottomless pit, without end ... And then I heard a sermon s6 beautiful on what Moses said to the tribe of Asher before he climbed mount Nebo to die~ "The eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the EVERLASTING ARMS". These strong arms caught me. I want to end with another verse of a Psalm of David, that all of us survivors can say:" Praise the Lord o my soul, and forget not one of His benefits". Berendina R.H. Erlich 2610 Raymond Ave. S.E. Grand Rapids, Mich . 49507 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-04-10 Title A name given to the resource Remembrance Service Address Description An account of the resource Address delivered by Berendina Erlich at the Remembrance Service on National Holocaust day in Congregation Ahavas Israel, Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 10, 1983 Subject The topic of the resource Holocaust Remembrance Day Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Holocaust survivors 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/96f39e641fad409cef4a63d71ada953e.pdf 4920150361bbc953954ea6b861db2664 PDF Text Text WITH I.ASTING FRIENDSHIP Your Majesty, Queen Beatrix: Your Royal Highness, Prince Claus: Dear Friends: This is an hour of praise and thanksgiving to God for two hundred years of unbroken friendship between two nations: The Netherlands, and the United States of America. In a world weary of wars, and rumors of wars, it might well be our prayer that all nations of the earth enjoy such enduring and friendly relationships as the one that has existed between Holland and America. It_pleases the Lord when two persons maintain an honorable relationship. It pleases Him equal ly when two nations do the same. But how is this possible? With all the differences between nations and races - How is this-possible? With respect to The Netherlands and the United States of America - again - How was this possible for 200 years? What were the factors that played a part in establishing and cementing our two centuries' old connection? There are, of course, no simple answers to these questions . There are historical reasons for such countrie s as ours being friendly. But I am-not an historian. Anq there are political considerations. But I am not a politician. And there are economi c and other factor s . Again, I am not qualified to analyze. I am a minister. A Daninee . So I ask and answer these questions as a dominee. What is this tie that binds u s? Or, to broaden the question, - What is it that brings, or can bring, peoples and nations together? There are several answers . I shall mention only three. · I mention three because every good Dutch daninee always has three points . One factor is trouble. A corrrnon peril. A conman enemy . I have in possession a little Dutch book entitled "De Weleerwaarde Heer," written by Ds . Voila - a pen name for a minister who served a church for many years in Amstelveen. In this little book, he describes h is first plane trip from Amsterdam to New York City . Never having flown before, he was apprehensive. I t didn't help either to discover that he was seated next to a lady whose appearance seemed to di scou rage any possibility of conversation. He'd already made a bad beginning with her by accidentally knocking her hat off with his attache case . But after a few hours, they did beg i n a ki nd of conversation; she in English with a mixture of Dutch, and he in Dutch, using as many English words cis h., could muster. Sanehow, they got along, until they drifted into the subject of education, the training of chiliren . She had strong opinions in one direction. His were equally strong in an opposite direction. And so their conversation died. They were too different. They really didn't like each other. my Then the plane developed engine trouble. The passengers were aware of it . Despite the voice on the intercom, jn various l anguages, seeking tn assure all aboard, all were very tense. Approaching a landing, there was talk of a crash. No one spoke . All had to bend forward with heads down . After what seemed like an etemi ty , they landed safely ., Only then did the minister and the lady discover that, through those tense moments, they had been holding each other's hand . ' �Page 2 Queen Beatrix Trouble, you see, bring, people together.. And nations too. Unlike the individuals i n the story, our two nations do not dislike each other " On the contrary. But we are different . We do not, and we have not, always seen things the same way. Nevertheless, during those times in whi.r.h we shared a camuon peril; during those times when we shared a colIIlilon threat our bonds were especially strong . We held each other's hand ., In the gospel of Joh~, chapter sixteen, verse thirty three, Jesus said to His disciples; "In the world you will have 'tribulation' . " We all know t hat they did - as do many of His disciples today as well. In the Gennan Bible, the word for "tri~ulation" is "angst ." That is a bigger word. "Angst" means dread, apprehension, anxiety , anguish, pressure . In the Dutch Bible, the word is "verdrukking," which is related to pressure . But elsewhere in the Dutch Bible, that same Greek word is translated "benaauwdeid." Now,. with apologie$ to those present who are not of Dutch descent, may I say that among those of us who are, not all of us can speak the Holland language . Indeed, few of Dutch de s cent retain an ability to speak Dutch . Th~ more's the pity. But there are some Dutch words we all know, because they are untr anslateable, like " geze llig" (cozy), "vie s" (not c lean), and a third is "benauwd . " There' s re~lly no word in Engli sh for "bennuwd ., " "Ang s tig," "angst" - pres~ed in. What I wi sh to say is that we live in a world today in which the re is "angs t" for all; "benaauwdeid" concerning the future. That is sanething that brings u s together . An atomic age . A connnon peril. But a conmon peril is not the only thing that can bring people and nations together . A common cause, or purpose , or goal, can do the same . A few months ago, at a Church Unity meeting, I had occas ion to tell the true story of two wanen in Rotterdam in the days of t he war. They had lived side by side for many years, in a r ow hou::.c, separated by just a wall . But in all those years they had never spoken to each other because the one was Roman Cat.J.iolic while the other was Refonned . And so they were worlds apart. But one day roneone was shot in front of thei r doors. Both saw it " Both rushed out . Together they gave shelter, and food, and h~a ling. The man survived. Together they engineered his escape wi t h the he lp of the underground . Their differences remained " At the same time, something had happened. A canmon cause had made them one. And so our nations too. The Netherlands and the United States arc not the same . We have our differences - like those ladies in Rotterdam . Yet, in our history together, common causes and conman goals, as well as common perils and common dangers , have knitted us, and cemented our relationshi p . I mention one more factor that brings people and nations together; not a common peril, or cause , - but a common Lor d " The Netherlands and the United States are traditionally Christian nati ons. The gospel of Jesus Christ has been proclaimed in both our countries , ctrurch towers and church steeples dot both our landscapes; not Dutch churches and American churches , but One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, wi lh one Lord, one faith, one baptismo He is the Lord of all; also Holl and and America , His words have been proclaimed, and heard, and believed, in Dutch and English , Listen to some of them: "Blessed are the peacemakers" - not just the peace l overs or the peace seekers, but the "peacemakers . " Ye a re the Salt of the earth . Ye are the light of the world. "In the world you ' �-- Quee n Beatrix Page 3 you will be 'benauwed' but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world." Now the unity that results from a common a]legiance to this Lord is like none other. There has been a falling away, in bot h our lands , especially in the latter half of this century, from this cormnon Lord and from His word . The signs are there in both our coun~ries " Thi s is not good! Dr . Carl He nry, i nternationally renowned theologian sai d recent ly, "The fote of the west turns on what we do with this book" (Bible). He is right! Therefore, I pray that in both our land s , God wi ll be honored, and Hi s Son believed and served; . that in the next century our u nity, together , will spring less and less from cormnon peril s (God grant it!), more and more frcm COOIIJlOn causes, §Uld most of a ll, from the f act that we honor a cOOIIIlon Lm-d. God bless the Netherlands. Its royal family and citizens . God bless the United States of America " Its pre sident and citizens . God bless both our naticns with lasting friendship , and freedom! Indeed, God bless all nations of the earth, and gi ve us peace! Jacob D. Eppinga, Pastor LaGrave Avenue Christian Refonned Church This meditatiqn was delivered at a service of Thanksgiving and Praise, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and His Royal Highnes s , Prince Claus , June 27, 1982 , in honor of 200 years of friendship between the Netherland s and the Uni t ed States of America. ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Subject The topic of the resource United States Netherlands Netherlands--Kings and rulers Dutch Americans 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/922021d7f24d6699301d44255af4e47f.pdf 9b572c40e47a383a0ce86dd448a1f684 PDF Text Text Yad Vashem Ik sta hier maar te staren in de vlam . En ik voel weer dat wild verdriet. wat in mij boven kwam . Ik sta hier als versteend en lees de namen van de kampen . Bergen-Belsen. Sachsenhausen. Auschwitz. Mauthausen. Ravensbrück'. Buchenwald . Ga zo maar voort. Er waren er zo velen . waarvan men nu nog steeds het schre iend bidden hoort. Dit is de plaats. waar stille tranen en gebeden naar boven stijgen om wat werd afgeleden . De vlam is het symbool voor hen . die in de kampen bleven. Wier namen boven in het levensboek staan opgeschreven . Ik kijk in de flakkerende vlam en 'k zie z'n lief gezi cht als in m'n dromen. En ik voel tranen langs m'n wangen stromen . Dan bid ik za c ht: Heer geef mij kracht. dat ik vergeven kan . Jerusalem . 18 sept . '68 Jeanne van der Gaag-de Pagter . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_WRI_1968-09-18-Yad-Vashem-Poem-by-van-der-Gaag-de-Pagter-397 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource van der Gaag-de Pagter, Jeanne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1968-09-18 Title A name given to the resource Yad Vashem Description An account of the resource Poem about the Holocaust. In Dutch. Subject The topic of the resource Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe Poetry 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource nl Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/45fadecf557b8453f345f1505ac6b470.pdf 5281040f9566e3c009c3440deb888835 PDF Text Text srae o execu oners Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON -The world is weary. Vernon Walters says so. Walters is not merely U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He presumed to speak in Geneva for the entire "international community." That grand assemblage was the "we" in this Walters' sentence: "We must tell them (Israel and her enemies) that we are tired of this conflict ... " Such fine impartiality between our ally and those bent on her destruction. U.S. policy is indeed that Israel should cooperate with the U.S.-PLO peace charade because the world is weary. U.S. officials scripted the rhetorical sanitization of Yasser Arafat. They did so on the assumption that a murderer will not lie. By reading the script, Arafat presumably (the State Department's presumption) repealed the PLO charter. It says Palestine is "indivisible" and vows "the elimination of Zionism in Palestine." The snowball of appeasement gathers momentum. The United Nations will henceforth refer to the PLO as "Palestine," and why .not? U.S. policy has been reversed. It now de facto accepts the PLO as "the sole legitimate representative" of Palestinians, thereby shredding the U.S. "commitment" to direct negotiations between Israel and Jordan. The administration says negotiation with the PLO does not involve recognition of a Palestinian state. But last week, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy was asked: If the PLO really has recognized Israel's right to exist, does he now expect so-called "moderate" Arab states to do likewise? His answer was that most of them "accepted explicitly Resolution 242 years ago. What happened this past wee :was tha e O acceoted 242 and thereby (sic) Israel's right to exist." ''Thereby"? The U.S. pretense has been that the PLO must meet three distinct tests - renunciation of terrorism, acceptance of Israel's right to exist and acceptance of 242. Now Murphy says the third requirement incorporates the second. Regarding terrorism, Arafat has renounced it before, has consistently lied about it, and now has been given preemptive immunity from blame for future acts of it. That is the consequence of U.S. officials saying in chorus that Arafat cannot control the "extremists" and is himself a potential victim because of his moderation. In 1980 Ronald Reagan said, with uncontestable accuracy: "Israel and Jordan are the two Palestinian states envisioned and authorized by the United Nations." Reminded of that last week, Murphy said: "We do not consider Jordan the (sic) Palestinian state." "We"? The Foreign Service? Has anyone told the president that he has changed his mind? The inescapable logic of Murphy's language is U.S. support for a PLO state. So Rita Hauser, the Jews' Jesse Jackson said to have converted Arafat to peace in our time, had better catch up with Arafat's deputy, Abu Iyyad. He has not got the message. Recently he said in an Arabic language publication: "The establishment of a Palestinian state on part of the land of Pal·oe · a stage to a d the final goal -:-- the establishment of a state on all of Palestine." For months before the unveiling in Algiers of the latest PLO peace tactic, PLO spokesmen assured Arabic-speaking audiences that it would be only a tactic of war only a means of implementing the "Phased Policy" adopted in 1974. That "incremental" policy calls for shrinking Israel to indefensible borders as a precondition of ridding "indivisible" Palestine of "the Zionist entity." Abadallah alKhouran, a member of the PLO executive committee, told an Arabiclanguage publisher, "The proclamation of the Palestinian state is the first step toward obliterating the new Zionist-Fascist state." Ah, but the assumption of Western appeasers is that PLO officials are impeccably sincere when reading U.S. scripts and are insincere when contradicting them. The "appearance" of extremism is "really" the prudence of the moderates. So last week's New York Times Magazine contained this gem: "Nowadays, PLO officials will tell you privately, (Arafat's) uniform and gun are something of an affectation, a bit of symbolism meant to reassure the PLO hard-liners ... " The quantity of such private insights from unnamed "moderates" equals the quantity of Western gullibility. The lame-duck Reagan administration, which is not lame enough, is limping out of town, sending a dangerous signal to our watching enemies: The United States gets tired. You can wait us out. The whole wide world is tired Walters, the international scold, says so - so Israel is supposed to jeopardize her survival to satisfy the "international community." But as Golda Meir said, Jews are used to collective eulogies, but Israel will not die so that the world ·n ~eak ell of it. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_Tired-US Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Will, George Title A name given to the resource Tired U.S. hands Israel to executioners Description An account of the resource Op Ed clipping about U.S. foreign policy relating to Israel. Subject The topic of the resource United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4f66fe886c3ab110a0c13fbb92d40232.pdf 8da68481c26f5ff6d6409c7631671580 PDF Text Text I REMEMBERING THOSE WHO RESCUED JEWS FROM NAZIS WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press Holocaust survivors Abraham Foxman and Gisele Feldman reminisce Monday at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in Southfield over photos of relatives who died at Auschwitz. Tonight Foxman and Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers supporters will mark the creation of a state chapter and honor two families: the Termaats of Grand Rapids and the Chorazyczewskis of Hamtramck. Story, Page lB. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_Remembering-those-who-rescued-Jews-from-Nazis Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Archie, William Title A name given to the resource Remembering those who rescued Jews from Nazis Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping of photograph of Abraham Foxman and Gisele Feldman for the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers. Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe Jews -- United States 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/fc0dec85ee9eebe599644238041d4199.pdf fb6d81980af0fcb11e05ab49b475ec15 PDF Text Text Reagan and Shultz have made a hero of Arafat By AM. Rosenthal New York Times News Service NEW YORK - It is just beginning. The pressure will now increase for Israel to risk its very existence. The purpose will be to force Israelis to agree to the creation of a new country that would have a deep political, religious and national drive to expand over the years into all of Israel. Few countries have been asked to do that - risk nationhood by carving out a piece of territory and handing it to an enemy without a fight. Czechoslovakia was pressured into doing that in 1938. To this day it has not regained its freedom. Not many nations return from the graveyard of surrender. The Reagan administration prepared the way for the pressure to come by its stunning turnaround on the Palestine Liberation Organization. Only a few weeks ago, Secretary of State George Shultz denounced Vasser Arafat as a terrorist not even fit to visit this country for a speech to the United Nations. Suddenly Shultz anointed the PLO as a negotiating partner, after 13 years of American refusal to do so, making Arafat a victorious international hero. The decision to legitimize Arafat came after he read aloud an American-prepared statement that differed little from what he had said before about recognizing Israel and denouncing terrorism. No further price was asked of Arafat. Like renouncing the death-to-Israel convenant, as Bush himself demanded in September. Or proving over a decent amount of time that he had actually given up terror- ism. Or, most important, acknowledging the right of a Jewish homeland to exist in the Middle East, not simply the fact that it was there. The frantic haste with which Shultz accepted the parroted words of Arafat and ordered PLO-U.S. negotiations to start was perhaps understandable. He did not have many weeks left to carve out a niche in history. He certainly did that; his name and Arafat's will now always be connected. Just as astonishing was the speed and gentleness with which leaders of American Jewish organizations announced that despite misgivings about what he was doing they trusted Shultz. Privately, the reason they give has little to do with trust of Shultz - which will not be of paramount importance after Jan. 20. It is that they assume President-elect Bush is delighted not to face the PLO decision himself, and they are in no huny to take him on. Let's clear away some of the camouflage thrown up around the decision. The State Department says Arafat fulfilled American conditions for dealing with him - recognition of Israel's existence and renouncing terrorism. But those conditions were intended to be essential for even considering a U.S.-PLO link and were meant to be tested - not a cooked-up maneuver for instant recognition. The PLO is already warning that its definition of terrorism will not coincide with Washington's or Israel's and says that is just too bad. More nonsense: Opposition to recognition of the PLO means opposition to peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian. Actually, Reagan and Shultz did two things likely to delay peace. They made the PLO the sole Palestinian representative, squeezing out Palestinians on the West Bank with whom Israelis might have dealt. And psychologically they have made the concept of another Palestinian state acceptable before talks even start. Until Arafat proclaimed the Palestinian state, the form of government of any territory given up by the Israelis was assumed to be one of the things that negotiations were supposed to be all about. Should there be another Palestinian state? Or should any territory given up by the Israelis be governed otherwise - perhaps by West Bank Palestinians as part of a union with Jordan, a largely Palestinian state itself? Will the men who run the PLO and have been fighting all their adult lives for the destruction of Israel be satisfied with a sliver of a state? Will Arafat be content to be mayor of Bethlehem? No speculation is needed. A Kuwaiti newspaper reported that after the American recognition, Abu Iyad, Arafat's deputy, said that establishment of a Palestinian state on part of Palestinian land would be a stage toward a Palestinian state on all of it. The only question at a "peace conference" now would be how much the PLO gets, how fast. Then, how long before Israel became a vulnerable sliver 10 years, 20? Israel will not commit suicide. It is reasonable to hope that the new president of the United States will decide that it is immoral for one country to suggest that any other nation do so. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_Reagan-Shcultz-Arafat Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rosenthal, A.M. Title A name given to the resource Reagan and Shultz have made a hero of Arafat Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping about U.S. denunciation of Yasir Arafat. Subject The topic of the resource United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/db5a97e7aa806b3218feaa93f53ee72e.pdf 26a8b56f4f785f3b3a60f2459dce0b17 PDF Text Text ..,,.,. Jews honor WEST BLOOMFIELD (UPI) Metropolitan Detroit's Jewish community will honor a Christian couple from Grand Rapids on Tuesday. Peter and Adrienna Termaat will receive the Courage to Care Award for hiding Jews from Nazis in occupied Holland during World War II. At great risk to their own lives, the Termaats ferried Jews in and out of their Holland home and the homes of other resistance workers. Their courageous acts are credited with saving the lives of countless Jewish men, women and children. The Termaats, now in their 70s, say they were led by their religious belief to join the resistance immediately after the Nazis invaded Holland in 1940. The Termaats are hristians members the Reformed Church of America. If the Termaats had been caught, they would have been officially labeled as Jewish and killed as enemies of Adolf Hitler. The award ceremony is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield Township. Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League and the ceremony's keynote speaker, said the awards to the Termaats and others honor the victory. of good over evil. 'Today, living in a time where life is cheap and there is so much violence, we can celebrate life and goodness by honoring the people who showed such great courage in the face of evil," he said. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_Jews-honor-Christians Title A name given to the resource Jews Honor Christians Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping about Peter and Adrianna Termaat's Courage to Care Award from the Anti-Defamation League. Subject The topic of the resource Anti-Defamation League World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue Dutch Americans 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7eb69717110da31443195c6942f7a35a.pdf 9f99deba7a6bb25fde00c8328d7aabea PDF Text Text Devil's advocate of the charges-of Jean Moulin, arrested Klaus Barbie, a former SS officer, has this by the Gestapo in June 1943. Moulin was week gone on I rial in Lyons for crim es against humanity. I li s counsel is France's not tortured to death by Mr Barbie or his most controversial legal figure, Mr Jacmen, Mr Verges claims: he committed ques Verges. Mr Verges has made it clear, suicide because he had been betrayed by his Resistance comrades. (Naming these "ith the ma~imum of carefully orchestratcomrades has recently lost Mr Verges an ed pre-trial publicity, that he will treat the case as a political one. expensive legal action.) I 11 Le cas Verges•, Jacques Givet sugMr Verges was brought up on the gests some 1·easons why. He had met and colonial island of Reunion, the son of a sympathised with Mr Verges when the l:1tlcr was dei'cnding memb(!rs of the National Liberation Front (FLN), during the Algerian war. During those years, Mr Verges made his reputation. They have become an almost obsessive point of reference ,ince, and partly form his defence of Mr Barbie. Mr Barbie's alleged crimes, his counsel argues, differ little from those committed by the French army in Algeria. But while these have been amnestied, Mr 8arbie i, being tried under retrnacti, e legislation for actions I hat took place over 40 years ago. Mr Verges draws no parallel between the Algerian and French Resistance. Indeed, whatever the legal niceties responsible for the four-year pre-trial investigation, his defence will certainly involve an attack 011 the Resistance. This means, in particular, evoking the case-though it does not form part Pleading his case Frenchman who was an active communist, and of a Vietnamese mother. He claims that his hat red o f colonialism encouraged his sympathy for the FLN. Later it extended to the PLO and even to his defence of Middle-Eastern terrorists. The most recent was Georges Abdallah, sentenced to life imprisonment in February (as much to the French government's discomfort as that of his counsel). Mr Givet derides Mr Verges's portrait of himself as a da11111e de la terre, and dislikes his form of high-living Marxist militancy. More important, he denies the Algerian precedent for the Barbie trial: whatever atrocities the French may have committed in Algeria, he points out they were exceptions to a legal norm. The crimes of which Mr Barbie is accused, by contra5I. represented precisely that norm in a Nazi slate. Mr Givet does not deny Mr Verges's right lo defend either a Barbie or an Abdallah. But he sees him not as a lawyer pleading a brief, but as a partisan, a publicist for the variants of terrorism these men represent. Above all, he accuses Mr Verges of forgetting the victims, and in particular the Jews. It is Mr Barbie's alleged role in the deportation and death o f Jews that lies al the heart of the trial that is now under way in Lyons. *Published in France by Lieu commun, FFr79. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_Devils-Advocate Title A name given to the resource Devil's Advocate Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping about Jacques Vergès, legal counsel to former SS officer Klaus Barbie. Subject The topic of the resource War criminals -- Germany Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe Vergès, Jacques 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/88f9e413794ca2002c871442403e9a39.pdf 1f92052a6d960b566cf95e3586be8fd9 PDF Text Text -bravery and human kindness in risking their lives to save Jewish people in the Netherlands. It lli but one of several awards the Termaats have received over the years. "We except these awards with reservations and only in the name of I Celltiaued .... , ... 14 all the men and women who served in the re· sistance," Terrnaat said. Today the Termaa1s live a peaceful retirement. They insist that their lives arc not lives of bravery and valor, but lives of doing what had to be done. DAVID MANDU. For evt:ry person that was saved by the resistance and people likt! rher Termaa1s, 1housands of othc:rs - mos1ly Jt!ws - became vic1ims of the · Germans. In I 944, the 15-yearold Mandel and his Czt:choslovaldan family - his parc:nts, brothc:rs and sisters, grandparents, and aun1s, uncles and cousins was forced from its home by 1he Nazis and taken to Auschwilz, a nolorious concentra1ion camp. Mandc:I, his brother John, and facher Isaac were "chOOSt!n" by SS guards to work . Mandel, separated from his facher and bro1her, slavt:d umkr brulal corn.li1ions in a coal tnillt:. As bruial as 1he conditions wi:rc, the duly saved tht! lives of Mandel, and his fathc:r and brother. All other members of his family - immediate and extended - were gassed and cremated on the same day. In January, 1945 as the Rus.sian army closed in on the Nazis, thousands of prisoners wc:rt: forced lO march in the snow back coward Germany, as che Nazis auempced hide the: evidence of 1heir atroci1ies. Mandel escaped one night during che n~rch and managed to --- survive 1hc: cold and the pursuing SS men. Mandel managed to find his bro1hc:r and father, in poor health, but still alive. "Tm mt!rdy one of the fortunate fow who have served and are now able to carry on and remind tht! world of 1he gross injustices of lhe war," a !earful Mandel said. After recuperating, Mandel and tht! survivors of his family, came 10 the U.S. They seuled "•in Grand Rapids in the: late I 940's whert: Mandel began to work for William Klc:in, then a single! 1:!t:n's clo1hing store. He worked chert: m.my years, a11d now owns chi: business that has several Grand Rapids locations. Da\·id said his survival and his suixcss in this country is his own revenge again:.! those who pcrsecutell him and lus pcopk, though al timl!s 1he pain of his memories are still unbearable. Boch Mandel and tht! Termaacs havc: uScd their 1raumatic pasts to help peopk understand the horror of 1he Holocaust and to slop his1ory fro~ repealing tha1 horrible eve111. For tht! pas! three years chey have served as special gucs1 speakc:rs in a GVSU poli1ical sciencc: class 1i1lt:d .. Human Aggression and Cooperation ." The award ceremony was set also 10 note 1he Dec. 7 anniversary of tht! bombing of Pearl Habor. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_David-Mandel Title A name given to the resource David Mandel Description An account of the resource Newspaper article about David Mandel, a Jewish man who escaped from a Nazi prison march, eventually settling in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/fdf75dc312df999a44c365432026c0c7.pdf 29f9437bb89e57fc6742f7120c011b40 PDF Text Text Op 66-/arige leeftijd verongelµkte dezer In het Amsrfkaanss Charlottss•vi/18 domin• Arie Bsstebreurtje, beter 'bllkMd a,,. captain Harry, die in de '10f• log als verzetsheld geschiedenis schreef. Met onwaarschijnlijke koelbloedighBid d8fld hij zijn werk en krtJB(J zijn prestatiBS de hoogste binnenen.buitenlandse onderschaidingen. ZJjn passis W>OI' de oer-Holla_':'dse . • ~ werd hem in ZJJn Amen....kaanse woonplaafS noodlottig. De man ...die in de oorlogsjaren nergens voor terugschrok 811 de dood herhaaldelijk in _ de ogen keek, rtlBd op een schaats- tochtje simpelweg in een wak en verdronk. Enkele vrienden halen herinneringen op aan _, bezeten avo,:,turier, -:_die 'zi;, /even eindigde als domlnBB. "DUITSf.RS TRAPTEN BIJNA OP ZIJN HAND: "°°' ~ r. · • ' DEN HAAG, : '', _z aterdag ~ ~~D crote vraag la alUJd aeweest: hoe -.. eeft Arie (mr. dr.) Be., stebre'1rtje dominee W~Df ~ de obrlopjaren heb ik ~ I .lrunnen Triest einde d VOOr e man d.18 aIle gevaren trotseerde 'em Jenm DPJ;lJm -"onv -~-~~hrnkke ~n eld die nergens voor de. Hij werd parachu- , rugdeinsde. Dan is tist en commando en {e oorloe afaelopeu en werd ingelijfd bij het tegt hij een bloeie~de bureau "Bijzondere .tdvocatenpraktijk op- Opdrachten". d j en aaat theologie In september 1944 ,j;uderen." werd hij toegevoegd : Drs. Gerard Pijnen- ·aan de befaamde Arne>.iira, secretaris-gene.:. rikaanse generaal Ca- ·i-aJ vaii Defensie, kan vin en met I de grote nog steeds niet hele- baas geclropt boven · l)Bal over uit en het Nijmegen. In die pe.al verder ook wel een riode heç ik he~ leren !f ·aadsel blijven, ·want ,oor het Lwe.ekeind" •erdronk Bestebreur.re tijdens een schaats• htje. · . Morgen wordt in de ~rk tegenover hotel ,ionshof (tussen Nij,1egen en Groesbeek) m halfvijf een herenkingsdienst gehou- ên., I t èlle/iik iets 1 ' èaen Duitsers n, 1 6 kennen als een onverschrokken en koelbloedig , man die zichzelf volledig wegcijferde en mflar één ding voor ogen had: de vijand eruit!" Daar, heeft mr.dr. Bestebreurtje overigens meer voor moeten deen dan zijn werk in het Nijmeegse. In april 1945 werd hij vanuit Engeland opnieuw gedropt, dit keer temidden van de Duit~rs bij het Drentse Hooghalen, met als opde bruggen, over het Oranjekanaal Jnd alleen dat ze 'niet, te beschermen. ;Gerard Pijnenburg: ~ij ha<.lieitelijk nie~ ·gen de Duitsers. HIJ dracht ArieBatebreu,tJe dacht na overziin wonderliik• reddingen werddoml- bos en nestelde ~eb, ondanks hevige pijnen, onder een bed van bladeren. Later bekende hij: ,,De Duit' h d sers, die met on en de omgeving afzochten, trapten bijna op mijn hand, maar ze h.-ehbPn !ne nfot gevon•• den". Na twee dagen bivakkeren onder de bladeren, sleepte hij zich op een nacht naar een paardestal ergens in een wei, leste een brandende dorst in een waterplasje en wachtte de ochtend af, waar plotseling boer Schutten met zijn zoons verscheen. Eén van hen, Jantinus, deze week: We hebben hem toen op een platte wagen gelegd en met stro bedekt en naar de boerderij gebracht waar hij in een kast werd opgeborgen. Enkele dagen later werden we bevrijd en kon Bestebreurtje worden afgehaald. " In Hooghalen heerst verslagenheid. De vrouw van Jantinus: Arie is nog diverse keren hier geweest en we hE;bbe~ altijd heel ·diepgaand gesproken. In die periode is hij diep over het levèn en de dood gaan nadenken en toen moet hij het besluit hebben genomen om dominee te worden. Na alle verschrikkingen van de oorlog wellicht, om te helpen de mensen van verder geweld af te Nederland thuisMet ziJ'n faVoor BeSte b reurtj e ' · werd h e t een fatale ll.lie woonde hiJ. hIJ 1 e t u1·tbreken van de sprong. Van wege de ·· harde wind kwam hiJ irlog in Zwitserland, verkeerd terecht en ,aar weeken uitvervalnaar brak zijn beep op VlJ "f . erika m _.den E 1 d Plaatsen. Op ban •ns hij naarzich nge ~ar als an oor-• en knieën zoch t h lJ b egsvrijwilliger · meld- schermi~.-.-~,~ ~~~-,~,~~-......~?.~~e..~.............................. ..........,. ............•,··········•·.:;,,.~.....· ............ .. . 11 • O' rden. 11 I �,' ,. ·Verzetsheld . . f·, J,BeStehreurtJ~e~ .schaatste in wak ·. 'en verdronk ' ' . Ds. Bestebreurtje in VS overleden Van on.ze ~kredactie ROJ IERDAM - Op 66-jartge lee!tjjd is in Charlottesville (Virginia) de uJt Nederland afkomstige Predikant ds. Arie D. Best.ebreurtje overleden. Ds.- Best.ebreurtje was Predikant van de Presbyteriaanse gemeente in Charlottesville toen hij vrijdag om het leven kwam, nadat hij al schaatsend in een wak was gereden en niet meer tJJdig uit het •water gehaald kon worden. Na een rechtenstudie in Berlijn en Zürich besloot Bestebreurtje na de oor {og theologie te gaan studeren t.n de Verenigde Sta- ten. Dere preéj kant is in Nederland beter bekfmd als 'captain Harry•, onder welke naam hij µi de tweede wereldoorlog als verbindingsoffic~er in ·het Nederlandseleger dr-el nam aan enkele luchtlanàingsoperaties, onder meerbij Nijmegen. Voor zijn verdienste kr-eeg _hij de militaire W1llemsorde. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_Captain-Harry-chronicling-Dutch-Resistance Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mensing, Martin Title A name given to the resource Triest einde voor de man die alle gevaren trotseerde Description An account of the resource Dutch newspaper article about Artie Bestebreurtje. In Dutch. Subject The topic of the resource Dutch World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/99af03005702c20bab2ca4e1f0d75d41.pdf 9108d2e518246369990be46527c274be PDF Text Text ADL Foundation Honors Righteous Gentiles ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor braham Kashdan was a 17-year-old Jew in Nazi-occupied Poland. Helen Chorazyczewski was a Catholic who lived next door. On an afternoon in 1942 Abraham knocked on Mrs. Chorazyczewski' s door and -begged for help. "They've 'killed my parents," he cried. "I have no one left. Will you be my family?" A It took Mrs. Chorazyczewski no time to make up her mind. Despite the fact that she was endangering her life, the life of her husband and the life of her teen-age son, Cezary, Mrs. Chorazyczewski let Abraham into her home. She would look after him for years, until Abraham escaped to join the partisans. Her decision to help her neighbor, Mrs. Chorazyc• zewski would later say, was nothing special. It was simp• ly "the Christian thing to do." Today, Mrs. Chorazyczewski lives in Hamtramck. Together with Peter and Adriana Tur· maat of Grand Rapids, who during the war opened their Dutch home to Jews and Allied pilots, Mrs. Chorazyczewski was honored this week with the "Courage to Care" award. Presented by the Anti. Defamation League's Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers, the award is given to Righteous Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Guest speaker Abraham Foxman, national director of the ADL, said the Righteous Gentiles had "rescued the conscience and reputation of mankind." They proved that "even in that hell called the Holocaust there was good; there was heroism; there was courage; there was love and compassion, and there was understanding." The Chorazyczewskis' and the Termaats' deeds show, Mr. Foxman said, "that if people have the courage to care, they can change the world." DETROtT JEWISH NEWS Peter Termaat was born in 1914 in Holland. At 18, he joined an anti-Nazi group. He met his future wife, Adriana, in 1936 and mar• ried her three years later. The day the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, the Ter• maats opened their home to a family of six refugees. Later, both Jews and Allied pilots, shot down by the Nazis, would find shelter in their house. Throughout the war, the Termaats stole ration cards to feed refugees and helped Jews out of the country. Once while helping a German-Jewish couple escape via train, the Termaats found themselves riding in the same compartment with a Nazi officer. The Termaats, along with their four children, settled in 1952 in Grand Rapids. After receiving his award, Mr. Termaat told those in the audience they must continually warn of the dangers of totalitarianism. He addressed audience members as "brothers and sisters" Continued on Page 22 JUM O7 199~ \ �... J EWW DETROIT" "Ew1sH Nis . . I.. 1cOCAL: N . ·JIii Q.,_ 1991 . Righteous Gentiles Continu~ from Page 1 "- · 1 ·~ and said that when he mar- j • ried, the minister recited the • 146th Psalm: "Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help." Mrs. Chorazyczewski, supported by her son Cezary, was in tears when the son of Abraham Kashdan, the teen-ager whose life she saved, approached her during j the award presentation. : Photos of Mr . . Kashdan l_. covered a poster in the hall •1.<where the program was held. t, , Several pictures showed Mr. !: · Kashdan as a child with his I'. . parents and grandparents. Another photo, hand colored, 1.. showed him as a young man 1; . who closely resembled actor !! Gary Cooper. · · Near the Kashdan poster Abraham Foxman::~ .,.\ .-· was a different pl acard, . I Righieous Gentiles '. 'rescued the. showing those Jews who did j·,~ conscience and reputation_of.! not find a Mrs. Chorazyc- 11 mankind.i'" ~.b€t'.!;~::,J 11' zewski, an Adriana or Peterl ~ o:> ',i(,Jfmif1'.4°' ·os ed ·,o 1 t' 'Thrmaat. Men, women and ~ r "My father used to . say, children lay broken and !'' 'Everything. in excess is no .bludgeoned in ~ mass Nazi . good,'.'.'. Mr.I Foxman ' said. grave. · · · - · j 1 "It was too' much love that For the AOL's Mr. Fox-!~ ledtothattragedyl,;wb-,dtf.• man, this week's ceremony;' Joseph and Hele~ F o ~ was more than: just another · t r ied . to maintain contact speaking engagement. ~e,,: l. :witl?, the.nanny, sending her too, was saved by a gentile 1 ; letter s . and packages from during the Holocaust. When the United States, but she ;, .never responded. In 1958, · It was simply "the ' ~ the correspondence . was no · Christian thing to · I · ' longer accepted, and t~e do" ! . f~ ly assumed the w,o~ • · • died. .. · •• : ·7°,, ::.• ·:,•"i . · - 0 1. never had the oppor: the Nazis invaded · t unity to thank or acknowlLithuania, Mr. Foxman's edge her,'·.'~ Mr. Foxm an said. D -;,; . father, Joseph, and mother, Helen, were ordered to the Vilna Ghetto. Their son, Abraham, was 2. ·I "My parents made a deci~ sion they could never ex: ; · plain," he said. "They decid- • · ed to leave me with my · nanny." I -, Mr. Foxman said he doesn't think his parents ever imagined the war would last for so long, or could conceive the curious set of circumstances that would follow his placement with the nanny. · I l 7 • · .Both Mr . Foxman's parents survived the war · and came looking for their · son in 1945, when J oseph was liberated from a concentration camp in Estonia. But the nanny was not about to. give Abraham up. "He belongs to me," she said. · The Foxmans were forced to go to court to regain: custody of their son -a vie-: tory that was short -lived. After being reunited with his parents in Poland, Abraham was kidnapped by his. -.._Jlanny. Later, his parents:. managed to get their son: " back and immigrated to the: United States. I ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1991-06-07-Detroit-Jewish-News-Righteous-Gentiles Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Applebaum, Elizabeth Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-07 Title A name given to the resource ADL Foundation honors Righteous Gentiles Description An account of the resource Newspaper article photocopy from the Detroit Jewish News about the Yad Vashem Righteous Gentiles award. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Detroit Jewish News Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/3255ae73c042cf43d6c626677e22353f.pdf 6c207a3b2a858194625dcd450c5c65f1 PDF Text Text Tuesday, June 4, 1991 • Hidden children lreak their silence They thank those who kept Nazis away BY DAVID CRUMM Free Press Religion Writer When Gisele Feldman pulls out the photos from World War II, she no longer is a retired French teacher living safely in Farmington Hills. Suddenly, she is a scared little Jewish girl, desperately trying to hide from the Nazis. At age 8 in France, Feldman was separated from her parents and admitted to a children's clinic by a ~ - ...•-kind-hearted doctor. The doctor treated her for several years for · .:. rickets and passed her off to au. thorities as a Catholic. That was half a century ago, but as she told the bittersweet story on Monday in the Southfield offices of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL), she broke down in tears. "I told myself I would not cry • about this. I didn't wantto cry," said Feldman, 60. Abraham Foxman, who also was hidden as a child during the war and now is the ADL's national director, hugged Feldman as she wept. Moments later, as Feldman returned to looking at photos of seven of her relatives who died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, the emotion rushed in again. "It's fine," Foxman murmured, holding Feldman's hands. "It's all right." Foxman understands the intense hold the Holocaust still has on Jewish children who were hidden and survived the war. Last week in New York, Foxman and Feldman participated in the First International Gathering of Children Hidden During World War II. "As hidden children, it took us a long while to break our silence about our experiences," Foxman said. The famous story of Anne Frank, who was concealed in an , attic, may not have been as common as the Jewish children hidden by Christian rescuers who adopted them and changed their identities. At age 2, Foxman was saved from the Nazis by a nanny who baptized him a Catholic and claimed to be his mother. After the war, his real parents had to wage a traumatic legal battle to reclaim him. Many of the Christians who rescued fleeing Jewish families also have remained silent, largely because they did not consider their actions heroic. "You tell these people they're heroes and they say, 'We're not heroes; we didn't do anything,' " Foxman said. "These people are common folks who didn't debate whether to help, didn't discuss it, didn't rationalize it. They saw human beings in need and they risked their lives to help." Under Foxman's leadership, the ADL launched the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers in 1988. Tonight at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield Township, Foxman and others will ~lebrate the creation of a Michigan chapter and honor two Michigan families of rescuers: the Termaats and the Chorazyczewskis. Peter and Adrienna Termaat, now in their 70s, were a young couple in the Netherlands with a 13day-old son when Germany invaded their country. They helped countless Jewish men, women and children escape the Nazis. They now live in Grand Rapids. Helen and lgnacy Chorazyczewski concealed a Jewish teenager in their barn in Poland and also enlisted their oldest son, Ce1.ary, in caring for the boy. After nearly 18 months, they helped the boy escape. lgnacy Chorazyczewski has died, but his wife, who is 85, lives in Hamtramck. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1991-06-04-Hidden-children-break-their-silence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Crumm, David Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-06-04 Title A name given to the resource Hidden children break their silence Description An account of the resource Newspaper article about hidden children during World War II, and honoring those who rescued and assisted them. Subject The topic of the resource Dutch Americans World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/81a9c6d05960b29d21bc0e1f47f5b73b.pdf 2f3deb232c425fdb674996854d317579 PDF Text Text The Detroit News -- Monday Section B . , ' . OBITUARIES 3E .. : MORE LOCAL NEWS 3E JUNE 3, 1991 Jews to honor.couple. who risked allto save.their lives ~ helped people the Nazis hunted in .Ho~lan~. ~r THE DETROIT NEWS If the Nazis had caught Peter and Adrienna Termaat hiding Jews during World War II, the young Chris- awardabecausesomanyothen1dkho tian couple officially would have been much more," said Termaat, 77, wh.o labeled as Jewish and killed as ene- with his wife will receive the Courage· mies of Adolf Hitler. to Care Award at 7:30 p.m. in the It was a risk the Termaats dared Jewish Community Center, West ' Bloomfield Township. to tak e on f81'th · "B ut then you rea . 1·1ze th·1s gives ' . .'. rhey ferried Jews m and out of .. you a chance to publicize what haptheir Holland home and the homes of pened," Termaat said. "It gives us a ot~er members .of the underground chance to tell people that if they r~s1stance. Their eff~rts saved the really live their faith, they should hves of co~ntless JeWish men, wom- never say no to a situation like (the en ai:td children. · · · one we faced)." On Tuesday evening, Metro De- , In addition, lgnacy, Helen and troit's Jewish community will honor Cezary Chorazyczewski, who also the Termaats, who now live in Grand rescued Jews, will be honored. The Rapids, and other rescuers who Chorazyczewskis now live in Michibrought moments of light and hope gan. to one of history's darkest periods. The awards also honor the victory "At first, you are loath to accep~ of good over evil, said Abraham \, 1 .,, •-+M ......, 11 . ~t ....1.~.S~:~~~ ¼·l ~G Hi t ....•....,,._ ..._•_.!" :.:., • ' •: ' • \ ! ,•• ' ,' i ( . . ' ... Have~: Peter Termaat and wife, :Adrienna:· :.,:_:,: Br Kate Desmet t ' , · ., " . ,, . · ••' ··· . Foxman, national director:·or '. the Anti-Defamation Leaguer --Who will be the ceremony's keynote speaker. Foxman survived the Holocaust as a child because his Catholic nanny hid him for four years in Poland. . ·· "For years, HoIocaust survivors have borne witness to the magnitude of evil that man· is capable of," Foxman said. · "It is very important for that to be recorded and documented. But the . . message ·of hidden children like my~ self is not one of death and hate and .. evil, but one of life and love. Each :', one of us can tell about one or two or • three people who rejected· evil :and risked their lives to save another , . ..,::,:;} RODGER D. GARRISON/ Auociated Preu • :\1 ,,:~'. I •' I ~ ' ' ', · Peter and Adrlenlia Termaat &Jived .Jews during the war. In DePlease see Holocaust , 2B / trolt-~ ••'on Tuesday, .the'y'll be honored by•a grateful community. • • • .. ., ., ,' I , . -~ , • . • ~ ~ �Holocaust: Jews will honor couple who saved Jna:q.y lives From page 1B human being. . · "It's a testimony to human decency." ·. The Termaats, members of the Reformed Church of America, said their religious roots spurred their heroic acts. ."It was not that we thought a long time about what we should do," Termaat said. "We _just acted on what we saw happening. Here we'd lived in a country where freedom of religion and civil liberties had always been allowed and all of a sudden they were being violated. ' "The Nazis were interfering with Jews at the university and where Jews were living. That had never happened in Holland before." The Termaats, whose first baby was born only 13 days before the Germans marched into Holland in 1940, immediately became active in the underground. By day, Termaat was an accountant. At night, he was active in setting up safe houses for Jews and downed Allied pilots, while his wife cared for Jews who regularly appeared and disappeared from their home with doctored passports and identification papers. One day, as Termaat strode to work in the town of Alkmaar, north of Amsterdam, his minister called out to him. "He told me that a school principal in another town was hiding a young Jewish couple but he couldn't do it any longer," Termaat said. "He asked if I would be willing to help out." ·, . . So Termaat and a local carpenter traveled by train on a dangerous journey to pick up the frightened • couple, who had been engaged to · marry when they fled Germany. "They were amazed to see us and to see that we were willing to take them with us (back to Alkmaar)." But when they-got off the train on their return, the Gestapo stopped the rescuers, who were carrying bags of apples. "The Gestapo knew we did not have apple trees in northern Holland and he wanted to know where we'd gotten them from," Termaat said. "So we just told him they were from friends of ours. "I admired the presence of mind of the Jewish couple. When they saw us get stopped, they just kept walking past us as if they didn't know who we were. The Gestapo eventually let us go and we got the couple into a safe house. They survived the war, got married and saw peace come to the land." . Foxman said society must salute such heroics. · "The majority of people (during the war) were either apathetic, fearful or participated in the Nazi persecution," he said. "Today, living in a time where life is cheap and there is so much violence, we can celebrate life and goodness by honoring the people who showed such great courage in the face of evil.". · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Detroit News Subject The topic of the resource Dutch Americans World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9cb8e4d32b43676ea32d4ea1a4390418.pdf 845b19ea4de7822c385ad3169fa2c8b1 PDF Text Text . . ·: , ..· ' ·.. .. ,,•· . •: ~ -- ADL Creates~·Group · >·-•· .· To Support.-~es_c uers .·. Th_e Michigan Office of the: · · tional director of the AntiAnti-Defamation League has Defamation League, and the created a Michigan Chapter _ : presentation •. of ADL's of the Jewish Foundation For. · ·· Courage 'To . Care awards to Christian : Rescuers. Linda· Peter N. and Adrienna B/TorSoberman, president of the maat; and to Ignacy, Helen , Michigan board of the ADL, . and Cezary Chorazyczewski, · i appointed Fran Gross who saved Jews from the (Linden) chair of the new Nazis during the Holocaust. group, which will hold a kick- . · The Jewish Foundation for : off event 6 p.m. June 4 at the Christian Rescuers provides Holocaust Memorial Center. monthly grants to over 700 A private viewing of the needy rescuers in 13 memorial center will be countries. followed by a talk by For ticket information, call Abraham H. Foxman, nathe ADL office, 355-3730. DETROIT JEWISH NEWS . ..,·.. ·MAY 3 11991 . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Subject The topic of the resource Anti-Defamation League World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1306ce9c53219e8c08612e4f19d88861.pdf 0c92c5df40d33df3e4bc3f0728e345ea PDF Text Text He reinemhers his 58 Marines It was surreal, slow motion: just like the movies. The Rev. Robert Bedingfield had just come into a clearing of the jungle with his outfit of Marines. (His Marines. He had come to think of them that way.) And then: Contact! Three North Vietnamese machine gunners plugging a way - tat-tat-tat, tat-tattat - a company of 44 Americans pinned to the ground with bullets whizzing over their heads. Suddenly, Bedingfield realizes, the lieutenant commander is down with blood pumping from his chest. This is the guy in charge. And just as suddenly, Bedingfield is in charge, barking orders, sending a man around behind to take out the machine gunners threatening his Marines. Bedingfield is telling me this calmly, voice steady, 22 years removed from the scene, sitting in his office· at Central Reformed Church. He is a pastor there now. I am asking about Memorial Day. I'm listening intently, knowing the background, wondering how it all worksout in the erui. 'llljj.is a -man, I know, who does not believe there can be a moral war. He had preached that when he was senior Protestant chaplain at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Vietnam, he thinks, is as unjust as they get. Nevertheless, he volunteered to go there. And then, back to the picture of him carrying this wounded lieutenant commander on his shoulder, watching a North Vietnamese grenade spin on the ground a few yards in front of him. Grenade exploded across his flak jacket It explodes across Bedingfield's flak jacket, wounding him. He puts the lieutenant on a stretcher rotating upward toward a helicopter, the bullets pinging off the bottom of the metal beast. Soon the machine gunners are gone. So is the man Bedingfield sent to take them out. He is dead. The lieutenant survived. Fifty-seven others from his outfit also die during the chaplain's two-year stint in Southeast Asia. "Most of those 58 died with me present," he says. "I was rabbi, priest, minister. After a while the smell of the warm blood gets in your nostrils in a way that's almost haunting." Haunting: He means it literally. He went back to Vietnam this January, along with a group of some 20 Calvin College students and Charles Strikwerda, also a Vietnam vet, of the college's political science department. They traveled through a better part of the country, watching and learning and finding out that for the Vietnamese, the war is over. At one point, Bedingfield met a man named Nuygen Huoung. A professor now, speaking perfect English, Huoung had served in the North Vietnamese army. The two men found out they had been wounded at the same place, one day apart, on opposite sides of the enemy dividing line. "That was the beginning of the exorcising of the demons," Bedingfield said. In the Oliver Stone movie, "Platoon," the enemy, the North Vietnamese, never have faces, Bedingfield said. It is only after they are dead that you can make t their human.featur.esr The enemy was speaking in English Now, finally, _here was a face: the enemy, speaking in "beautifully clipped" Oxford English. They began to talk. Bedingfield got a sense for the absolute poverty of the North Vietnamese. They were fighting the war with a different sense of urgency than America had. For them, it was survival. "We could bring in all the technology in the world and we still couldn't win," Bedingfield said. The cost was tremendous. More than 2,300 Americans unaccounted for; more than 200,000 Vietnamese. Losses? More than 58,000 Americans; some 1.7 million North Vietnamese. And still, for Bedingfield and many other Americans, the nagging question: Why were we there? Back to Memorial Day: "Memorial Day calls me as a Christian to the , primary loyalty of asking who is Lord," Bedingfield said. "If Jesus is Lord, I have to be courageous enough to stand tall on those things in life that are worth dying for." . Yes, I asked, but how did you make sense of all this? How did all of this square with being the minister of a message of love and peace? It didn't, really, Bedingfield said. But if this war was going to happen - and it clearly was - somebody had to be there with that message. That is why every Memorial Day, it's mostly the 58 Marines - his Marines - that Bedingfield remembers. "I have a sense that God stands with these 58 I knew with outstretched, loving arms and says clearly, 'It was pretty awful, wasn't it?' " Bedingfield said. "And then he welcomes them home." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1990-05-26-Marines Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Golder, Ed Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990-05-26 Title A name given to the resource He remembers his 58 Marines Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping about Rev. Robert Bedingfield, a Protestant chaplain at the Naval Academy in Annapolis during the Vietnam War. Subject The topic of the resource Military chaplains -- United States -- History -- 20th century 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2e5101e86365d5933f60085593535348.pdf 1d23f6f8560e61c6c2c53f7e766e371b PDF Text Text 86 SATURDAY MAY 19 1990 0 THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS There are thousands of 'righteous Gentiles' By Peter Steinfels The New York Times PRINCETON, N.Y. - Do people like Marion Pritchard hold a vital clue to the moral education of future generations? In 1942, Marion Pritchard was a Dutch student of social work who was horrified to see Nazis loading the residents of a Jewish children's home into a truck for deportation. She was soon finding hiding places for Jews, obtaining false identity papers, food, clothing, ration cards and medical care. One day a Dutch Nazi policeman surprised her as she was releasing several children from a hiding place beneath the floorboards of a country house 20 miles east of Amsterdam. "I had a small revolver that a friend had given me, but I had never planned to use it," she said. "I felt I had no choice. "I would do it again, under the same circumstances, but it still bothers me." She killed the Nazi. A cooperative undertaker disposed of the body. It is not easy to imagine a lethal weapon in Pritchard's hands. Last week Pritchard, a slender, whitehaired Vermonter, read aloud a paper at a conference on "Moral Courage During the Holocaust and in a Post-Holocaust World." Only once did she falter, overcome by recollections. "You never know when these things will get to you," she said. About 8,000 people like Marion Pritchard, a psychoanalyst, have been recognized and honored by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. The Enclyclopedia of the Holocaust says there may have been 20,000 such "Righteous Gentiles." Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, who has tirelessly campaigned since 1962 for identifying and honoring rescuers of the Holocaust era, says that there may be 50,000 - or even 500,000. Many rescuers' names were unknown to the Jews they aided. Many names were lost to memory because, ultimately, neither rescuers nor beneficiaries survived - or if they did survive, they wanted only to put the horror of those years behind them. But by even the most generous estimate, only one out of 400 Europeans at that time was a rescuer; by more sober estimates, they were fewer than one out of 4,000. Sadly, rescuers are honored because they were so few, not so many. But honors are not enough. Some rescuers are elderly and in need. Four years ago the Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers was established, and it is riow a project of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The foundation gives monthly grants to hundreds of people in 13 countries around the world and recruits volunteers to provide non-financial assistance. The foundation is also dedicated to learning from the rescuers and trying to incorporate those people's val,ues into the moral education of the next generation. That was why the foundation sponsored last week's conference at Princeton University. Learning from the rescuers' example can be difficult. For two decades, social scientists have interviewed rescuers in a search for patterns of personality, motivation or belief that might explain why they people acted as so many others did not. Scholars have highlighted the role of strong parental models and close family attachments, firm religious and ideological convictions, personal traits like adventurousness, the experience of being socially marginal, and friendships with Jews. Goodness, like evil, is a mystery that escapes ready explanation. Rescuers display an extraordinary range of personalities and motivations. There were those without strong parental identification, those who drifted passively and gradually into aiding Jews - there were even those who shared the prejudices of anti-Semitic backgrounds. . Some acted out of empathy with the victims, some out of enmity for the Nazis. Some acted to emulate their parents, or to serve God, or to sav~ their self-respect, or simply because they were asked to act: In the most unpromising soil, human decency took root. Scholars of the subject say that the variety of human motivations is not a reason to abandon the effort to understand the rescuers or to hand their values down to the young. But after learning of the contrasting currents directing the rescuers, the seekers have turned back to what the psychologist Perry London, a pioneering researcher in the area, called "some simple lessons and imperatives for moral education that are all the more important for their lack of novelty." ' The goal is to make compassion and courage habitual, the methods ancient: example, inspiration, instruction. The researchers and educators stressed the importance of instilling what Pearl and Samuel Oliner, who wrote "The Altruistic Personality" have termed "the habits of care." For the rescuers, decency was ordinary. For them, said Philip P. I Hallie, whose book, "Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed," told how a French Protestant village saved thousands of Jews, decency was "like breathing in and breathing out." London admitted that these simple lessons are also exceedingly complex. "Everyone in principle is for compassion and for courage," he said. But encouraging compassion and courage may not always be comfortable; he said it may require "education in participation and responsibility, but it may also require education in deviance and defiance of power and authority." Young people get a moral education in families and churches, on playgrounds and in front of television sets. But moral education in public schools was particularly on the mind of the conference's organizers. The conference ,at Princeton offered at least a partial suggestionthat the stories of the rescuers be told in classrooms. "Goodness is as teachable as is evil," Rabbi Schulweis said. ~----~-~~-~----------L_. ~--~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1990-05-19-righteous-Gentiles Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Steinfels, Peter Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990-05-19 Title A name given to the resource There are thousands of 'righteous Gentiles' Description An account of the resource Grand Rapids Press newspaper clipping, article about the Yad Vashem honoring of "righteous Gentiles." Subject The topic of the resource Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 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. 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Voor het eerst wordt in de VS de landelijk opererende FBI benut om de bizarre renaissance van de Hitler-adoratie bij jonge blanken aan te pakken. De eerst klus van deze speciale groep is het onderzoeken van drie andere moorden die worden toegeschreven aan de jongeren - door de Amerikanen steeds aangeduid als skinheads - met nazi-sympathiën. Justitie heeft echter ook aangekondigd dat de eenheid op een veel breder terrein zal gaan opereren dan het onderzoeken van moorden, -want racisme "is een serieus nationaal probleem geworden". Kenneth Measke, lid van een bende in'Portland genaamd East Side White Pride, kreeg in Oregon levenslange gevangenisstraf opgelegd wegens moord op een Ethiopische student. Measke ontkende niet en vertelde dat hij zijn slachtoffer met een honkbalknuppel had bewerkt "alleen vanwege de huidskleur". Measke zei met datzelfde argument tijdens het winkelen een zwarte beveilingsagent te hebben neergestoken. speciale eenheid. Het gevolg daarvan was dat een negentienjarig lid van de K u Klux Klan nu een straf van tien jaar uitzit voor zijn aandeel in die gebeurtenissen van Dallas' Kristallnacht. De 19-jarige verdachte bracht de rechter de Hitlergroet toen zijn veroordeling werd uitgesproken. Het proces bood een navrant kijkje in de gedachtenwereld van dergelijke groepen.' Op een strooibiljet van een groep die zich de Confederate Skins noemen was te lezen: ,,Wij verwerpen het kapitalistische en communistische tuig die proberen onze ooit-trotse natie te vernietigen. We realiseren ons ook dat de joodse parasieten, die de massamedia controleren, de kern van het probleem vormen. Net als de verraders van ons eigen ras die willoos toegeven aan wat de joden willen. We zijn blanke strijders. Steun ons gevecht om de blanke erfenis te redden voor die voor altijd verloren gaat." In feite zijn de tot nog veroordeelde skinheads afkomstig uit middle class milieus en soms ook goedgesitueerde gezinnen, waarbij onderzoekers aantekenen dat ze doorgaans niet behoren tot de categorie jong & geslaagd. Over het algemeen verwerpen ze drugs, maar veel van hen drinken behoorlijke hoeveelheden alcohol. Rockmuziek is een verIn Dallas is in oktober vorig jaar, bindende factor, vooral de Britse nadat de plaatselijke synagogen bands Final Solution en Romanwerden beklad met hakenkrui- tic Violence. sen, de situatie plotseling geëscaleerd. Op een nacht trok een Tot op heden is er nog geen lanbende door de stad, sloeg de rui- delijk opererende racistische ten van een synagoge in met bende ontdekt, hoewel veel inknuppels, vuurde schoten af in formele banden tussen de diverhet gebouw en trok vervolgens se groepen bestaan. Veel van de verder de stad in om hun agres- groepen beschikken over tekssie uit te leven te herhalen bij ten en documentatie van een oreen moskee. ,,Ze creëren een at- ganisatie die zich WAR noemt mosfeer van vrees in de samenle- (White Aryan Resistance), die ving. Mensen weten niet hoe ze Californië als thuisbasis heeft. veilig hun godsdienst kunnen WAR is opgericht door ene Tom belijden", zegt Briskmann, voor- Metzger, die met de grondwet in zitter van de plaatselijk joodse de hand pleitte voor vrijheid van meningsuiting en daarom vond beweging in Dallas. Volgend op die gebeurtenissen dat lokale tv-stations zijn racistivormde de politie in Dallas een sche praatjes moesten uitzenden. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1989-04-10-Neo-nazism-USA-331 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miller, Jim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989-04-10 Title A name given to the resource A War To Remember Description An account of the resource Newsweek article about World War II. Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6fa607081cfb5f5a05192a8bbc96307a.pdf 9b569e0050b1d48426218bac7bb14342 PDF Text Text THE ARTS BOO KS AWar to Remember Looking back at the causes of conflict and the horrors of combat B Y JIM M ILLER t 4:45 on the morning of Sept. 1, 1939, the city of Danzig (now Gdansk) awoke to explosions and the roar of gunfire. While German Stuka dive bombers screeched overhead, salvos from German battleships pounded the port. Shortly afterward Berlin radio broadcast a proclamation by Adolf Hitler, announcing the invasion of Poland-and the onset of World War II. The catastrophe that began ~n Danzig 50 years ago eventually engulfed five continents, leaving few people untouched and an estimated 50 million dead (box). Cities were leveled, nations dismembered, terrible new instruments of mass destruction perfected, from the concentration camps to tlie atomic bomb. The unprecedented-scope and brutality of the war oblige us not to forget it. And so, to mark the 50th anniversary of its onset, publishers are offering readers a host of new works that endeavor, with varying success, to commemorate, explain and put the conflict into some kind of historical perspective. Among the many new reference works, the most striking is The Times Atlas of the Second World War (256 pages. Harper & Row. $45, to be published in October) edited by John Keegan, author of "The Face of Battle" and "Six Armies in Normandy." Plotting the course of the war in its far-flung theaters, from the deserts of North Africa to the jungles of Burma and the steppes of Russia, the book's lucid text and spectacular full-color maps, designed by the staff of Times Books in London, offer a sweeping and vivid overview. At a glance, the reader can see the impact of German CT-boats on Allied shipping in the Atlantic between 1939 and 1941, the Japanese mastery of combined sea and air operations in the East Indies in 1942, the devastating effect of the Allied breakout from Normandy in 1944. Leafing through this atlas, the war sometimes seems like a grand, larger-than-life chess game. This illusion vanishes after consulting the Encyclopedia of the Second World War by the British military journalists Ian Hogg and Bryan Perrett (447 pages. Presidio. $40). The 3,000 entries and 500 photo- A 64 NEWS WEEK: SEPTEMBER 4 , 1989 The Murderous Wages of 'Total War' The horror of World War II was unique. I As the estimated death toll in several countries shows, civilians as well as combatants died in unprecedented numbers. COUNTRY DEATH TOLLS CIVILIAN MILITARY Britain 264,000 61,000 China 1,325,000 6,000,000 France 206,000 173,000 3,300,000 3,600,000 Greece 16,000 155,000 Italy 262,000 93,000 Japan 1,140,000 953,000 Poland 320,000 6,028,000* Soviet Union 13,000,000 7,000,000 United States 292,000 6,000t Germany "INCLUDES 3 MILLION JEWS. tlNCLUDES MERCHANT MARINES. SOURCES; GILBERT'S 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR'; PERRETT AND HOGG'S 'THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR' ROBERT CAPA-MAGS.UM Terrible destruction: What it all led to �Acatastrophe of unprecedented brutality, the second world war began with the invasion of Poland: Stuka dive bombers (above) zero in on targets, Hitler's Army enters Danzig in triumph ofan age to have lived through the events of 1914-18, let alone to have fought in them, could, wittingly, wish to go to war again." War, however, was precisely what some veterans yearned for. They missed the idealism and camaraderie of wartime, the thrill ofliving dangerously and the license to kill. Such were Hitler's lusts. "He did not fall into war," concludes Watt, "nor was he pushed. He leapt into war, past the warnings of his more cautious advisers, past the efforts to appeal to his love of peace, past the clear statements from the British and French Governments." As Watt points out, this is not a reassuring interpretation of Munich and its aftermath. Implying that no course of action could have stayed Hitler's hand, he concludes that a world war requires only "the will or miscalculation of a ruler or ruling group intent on global hegemony to the point of unreason and mental instability." In The Second World War: A Complete History (800 pages. Holt. $29.95, to be published in No vember), the Oxford historian Martin Gilbert, best known for his official biography of Winston Churchill, picks up the story where Watt stops: with the invasion of Poland. Gilbert's flowing narrative is spiced with anecdotal details culled from diaries, memoirs and official documents. He is especially skillful at interweaving summaries of military strategy with vignettes of civilian suffering- the genocide of the Jews is never far from view. Still, in some respects this is a disappointing work. Phlegmatic in tone and often numbingly dull, it makes little effort to graphs, maps and diagrams, arranged in the British prime minister for his "almost explain the calamitous events it describes. alphetical order, run from the A-4 rocket petulant egoism" and tendency to dither, It also fails ultimately to convey the horror (German, with a mean range of 183 miles) Chamberlain's fear of plunging Europe of the war. That Gilbert must so often reto Zyklon-B (a cyanide gas compound used into yet another bloody war he considers sort to mute statistics to summarize the in the "showers" at Auschwitz). With its entirely creditable. Almost all of Europe's carnage offers ironic testimony to one of dry descriptions of innumerable, often leaders, Watt reminds us, shared his fear. the war's greatest triumphs: the transforfiendishly clever weapons, the book makes Anxious to remain flexible, their action mation of millions of men into faceless cogs for somber reading. was "predicated on a model of how war in vast, impersonal machines of war . Why, so soon after the hecatombs of the might come, constructed from what they Commenting on this transformation in Somme and Passchendaele in 1916 and believed to have happened in 1914, rein- his important new study of Wartime (330 1917, did the world plunge back into war? forced by a sense of incredulity that anyone pages. Oxford. $19.95), Paul Fussell points out the popularity in America That riddle is illuminated as of the sobriquet "GI Joe." "The never before in How War Came proud anonymity of the [sol(736pages. Pantheon. $29.95) by dier's] uniform," according to Donald Cameron Watt. A proan American editorial in 1945, fessor at the University of Lon"demanded a name as proud don, Watt draws on a lifetime of and as anonymous as itself and archival research. With somegot it in 'GI Joe'. " times withering wit, his new With its telling recourse to book brings brilliantly back to the oxymoron "proud anonymlife the politics and diplomacy ity," this passage offers the kind of the 11 months between Nevof cultural evidence-offbeat ille Chamberlain's notorious and inadvertently revealingsurrender of Czechoslovakia to that Fussell glories in. A proHitler at Munich on Sept. 30, fessor of English at the Univer1938, and England's declarasity of Pennsylvania and the tion of war on Sept. 3, 1939. author of "The Great War and Watt's research has led him Modern Memory," a classic BETTMANN ARCHIVE to a major reassessment of Chamberlain. Though he faults Pyrrhic peace: Chamberlain (left) with Hitler at Munich, 1938 study of the impact of World N EWSWEEK : SEPTEMBER 4, 198 9 65 �T H E A R T S War I on English literature, Fussell in his new book seeks to evoke "the psychological and emotional culture of Americans and Britons during the Second World War." He also wants to splash cold water on readers accustomed to other, more "sanitized and romanticized" accounts. "In unbombed America," he writes, the suffering of the war "was wasted. . .. America has not yet understood what the Second World War was like." This bitter generalization is not entirely convincing. Fussell altogether ignores such influential works as John Hersey's "Hiroshima" (published in 1946) and Hannah Arendt's "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (published in 1951). No matter. His passionate convictions drive his book to a furious, disturbingly effective climax. And in his final pages, in what may be his finest feat as a critic, Fussell introduces the reader to a hitherto unsung but remarkable author named Eugene B. Sledge. In 1981 this former Marine published a neglected memoir, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. Still in print (344 pages. Presidio. $15.95), this book richly merits a wider audience. It is, just as Fussell says, "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war." In some of the passages singled out by Fussell, Sledge recalls watching a comrade in the aftermath of combat carving out the gold teeth of a wounded Japanese soldier, slicing open the cheeks of the living victim. One Marine officer routinely relieved himself by urinating into the mouth of the nearest available Japanese corpse. During the bloody Okinawa campaign, fresh reinforcements arrived and disappeared with mechanical regularity, so quickly killed or wounded that they seemed "like homeless waifs, unknown and faceless to us, like unread books on a shelf." "We were expendable," writes Sledge. "It was difficult to accept. We come from a nation and a culture that values life and the individual. To find oneself in a situation where your life seems of little value is the ultimate in loneliness. It is a humbling experience." The searing honesty of these words makes them, as Fussell recognizes, a fitting epitaph for the ordeal that began in Danzig 50 years ago. When the killing was done, countless survivors knew all too much about the "ultimate in loneliness." Japan lay in ruins. Europe, in the words of Watt, had committed "suicide," in the process destroying irreplaceable buildings, paintings, sculptures-the patrimony of 2,000 years of Western civilization. As a matter of policy, Germany had exterminated roughly 70 percent of Europe's Jews and an even higher percentage of its Gypsies. "A humbling experience" indeed-important to recollect and, as this latest outpouring of books suggests, essential to comprehend. • 66 NEWSWEEK: SEPTEMBER 4 , 1989 In Lieu of 'Chatterton' First Light. By Peter Ackroyd. 328 pages. Grove Weidenfeld. $19.95. I magine "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy" with a New Age piano score by George Winston and you'll have a pretty good idea of Peter Ackroyd's new novel. "First Light" is clearly by the same author as last year's "Chatterton"-it has to do with the grip of the past on the present-but it's different, too, in an unsettling way. It's as if Ackroyd had concluded that his success with "Chatterton," a complex and brilliant comedy of ideas, was a fluke. A farce might be safer this time out, with cartoons for characters: preposterous London lesbians rubbing up against coarse country farmers-that kind of thing. As for ideas, well, New Age romantic treacle about star maps reflected in our blood plasma might be easier to digest than playful questions about art, forgery and the ambiguous border between them. husband," MIRIAM BERKLE\ Off into the ozone: Ackroyd tries to blend farce, creepiness and mysticism ill." "Dykes, dear," the old trouper repliei Had Ackroyd wanted to make "Fin Light" a frisky social comedy, he mig} have brought it off, too-but that's not h intention either. Apparently what he wants is to combi the creepiness and the farce with an ov lay of dreamy mysticism. One of the mis is a failed astronomer who promotes a lo chatter like this: "Our bodies are made of dead stars. We carry their light inside So everything goes back. Everything is r of the pattern. We carry our origin wi us, and we can never rest until we } returned." Thoughts of such gravity w put even Shirley MacLaine to sleep. Any story that features a promi tomb must stand or fall on it. Ad keeps his tomb pretty much constan sight: it is not what it seems to be. Tr course, is what we look for; disappoin sets in when we learn that this 1 ground warren is considerably les, what we'd expected. Even the di! reader will guess its secret long befo royd is moved to spell it out. For tiresome characters, "First Light some clever scenes-but Ackroyd implausibilities as well. His stor men ts-the hoary old tomb, the elf <loners and the pulpy metaphysics cohere as they should. It might see were taking on too much in this n that's not quite right. "Chatterton us what Ackroyd can do with a characters and themes. Here he's too little. PETERS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1989-09-04-WWI-book-reviews-329 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource De Boek, René Strijbosch, Margreet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989-09-04 Title A name given to the resource Duitsland Eerst Description An account of the resource Dutch magazine article about Franz Schönhuber. In Dutch. Subject The topic of the resource Schönhuber, Franz, 1923- 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource nl Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/68a708c6d3ea22d114031efb7792f9a2.pdf bb1ccdc7d9aefcf4d8efb56add103010 PDF Text Text BUITENLAND I I De schaamteloosheid van Franz Schönhuber Het bruine verleden vergeten, de jeugd weer een toekomst geven en Duitsland niet als immigratieland laten voortbestaan. Bij de Europese verkiezingen behaalden de rechtsradicale Republikaner in de deelstaat Beieren bijna vijftien procent van de stemmen. En als het aan lijsttrekker Franz Schönhuber ligt, zal het daar niet bij blijven: 'Het politieke landschap zal volledig worden omgewoeld.' Een verslag uit het hol van de leeuw. RENÉ DE BOK EN MARGREET STRIJBOSCH D e leider blikt met ogen die niets ontgaan de zaal in . In de Löwenbräukeller aan de Stiegmayerplatz in hartje München vloeien 's morgens om elf uur liters bier en gaan de zoute krakelingen van hand tot hand. De Republikaner ontmoeten de internationale pers, vijf dagen na de Europese verkiezingen die in de Bondsrepubliek op een rechts-radicaal succes uitliepen. De Duitse journalisten zijn naar het stamcafé van de Republikaner (he~hoofdkwartier ligt een paar straten verder) gekomen om hun vooroordelen bevestigd te zien. Een van hen mompelt tussen twee slokken bier door: 'ln die krakelingen zit vast wel een hakenkruismotief. Als je maar even zoekt.' De partijvoorzitter van de Republikaner, Franz Schönhuber, 66 jaar oud, beseft dat hij met een zaal bloedzuigers te maken 26 heeft, zijn zelfverzekerdheid lijdt er niet onder. Hij heeft zich omringd met getrouwen die hem als een goeroe vereren. Rechts van hem zit Frau Hirsch, die het partij-apparaat runt, een Zwarte Lala-achtig type, twintig jaar geleden nog een femme fatale, nu een pronte dame met heerszuchtige oogopslag. Aan zijn linkerhand zit de partijvoorzitter van de deelstaat Beieren en tevens woordvoerder Harald Ne ubauer, geflankeerd door de plaatsvervangend voorzitster, Frau Johanna Grund. Terwijl Schönhuber in zijn betere ogenblikken associaties oproept metArchie Bunker, lijkt Grund het evenbeeld van Edith, onderdanig, maar met emancipatorische oprispingen , zwak in het agressieve en agressief in het zwakke. Schönhubers getrouwen leiden het optreden van de leider in. Harald Neubauer: 'Het succes van de Republikaner is voor een belangrijk deel toe te schrijven aan het Schönhuber-effect. In de verkiezingscampagne is er geen andere politicus geweest die zoveel mensen in hun ziel heeft beroerd. In de Olympiahalle in München kwamen achtduizend mensen op hem af, terwijl de bondskanselier en CSU-prominenten op de Mariaplatz niet meer dan drieduizend mensen trokken.' Neubauer, modieus pak, snelle bril, het type van de yuppie uit de boulevard-pers, heeft de ultra-rechtse staat van dienst (bij de Deutsche Volksunion en de NPD), die hem in staat stelt een schaamteloze slalom langs de feiten te maken zonder zijn trefzekere woordkeus te verliezen: 'Het is aan de Republikaner te danken dat het rechtse extremisme op 18 juni bij de Europese verkiezingen geen kans heeft gekregen en dat het imago van de Bondsrepubliek onbeschadigd is gebleven ' SCHURKEN De toon is gezet en nu neemt Franz Schönhuber het woord. In een klein half uur veegt de Führer van de Republikaner het gehele politieke establishment in de Bondsrepubliek van de kaart. Politieke tegenstanders worden tot schurken verklaard. Schönhuber bestrijdt hen 'met hun eigen wapens'. 'lk vind het amusant,' zegt Schönhuber, 'om te zien hoe iedereen om ons met elkaar over - ELSE V IER- het tapijt rolt. De algemeen secretaris van de CDU Geissler heeft gezegd dat men een psychologisch klimaat zou scheppen waatin het fatsoenlijke mensen onmogelijk zou worden gemaakt om zich kandidaat te stellen voor de Republikaner. Dat zijn methoden waarvan de propagandaminister van het Derde Rijk Joseph Goebbels zich bediende.' Schönhuber noemt de Beierse CSU-minister van binnenlandse zaken Stoiber een racist ('elke Beierse huisknecht heeft meer tact dan hij'), bestempelt SPD-leider Schöfberger als een verbale 'radikalinski', en beklaagt zich vervolgens omstandig over het feit dat hij, als meest bedreigde politicus van Duitsland, een vergeefs beroep deed op politiebeveiliging. Geroutineerd zet Schönhuber de zaken op hun kop en ook al is zijn relaas een lang lint van contradicties, het deen hem niet. Om politiebescherming maalt hij natuurlijk helemaal niet, zijn ordebewakingsdienst kan royaal putten uit politiemannen, soldaten en leden van de Grenzschutz. Zijn populistische redenering waarin halve waarheden en halve leugens tot een politiek programma aaneen worden gesmeed bezit de dwingende kracht van het pistool op de borst. Is in Beieren een nieuwe Hitler opgestaan, of zelfs maar een in zakformaat? Met Hitler heeft Schönhuber gemeen dat hij in het begin van zijn politieke carrière door de meeste opinieleiders voor een te verwaarlozen politieke factor werd uitgemaakt. Net als Hitler heeft hij een goed ontwikkeld gevoel voor het ongenoegen van de Spiessbürger zonder zijn banden met andere belangengroepen te verwaarlozen. Interessant is zijn houding tegenover het bruine verleden van de natie. Aan de ene kant is hij er trots op, in zijn 55-memoires Ich war dabei schrijft hij : 'Eindelijk kwam de oproep. Daarop stond Berlijn-Lichterfelde als bestemming, met de naam van de troep: Leibstandarte 55 Adolf Hitler. Ik kon het nauwelijks begrijpen . Dat was voor mij de elite van de elite. Het dragen van de mouwstreep Leibstandarte 55 Adolf Hitler was het zichtbare bewijs dat men tot het gardekorps behoorde, een pretoriaan is geworden.' Aan de andere kant is Schönhuber niet zo naïef om nazi-misdaden te ontkennen of 1 - 7 - 1989 �FOTORINUSOE HIISTER Franz Schönhuber, leider van de Republikaner: 'Wij gaan het hele politieke landschap omploegen' goed te praten. Hij geeft er de voorkeur aan over het nazi-verleden te zwijgen. BOULEVARDBLADEN Voordat Schönhuber in 1981 zijn memoires publiceerde werd hij tot de vriendenkring van Franz Josef Strauss gerekend. Na zijn botte in boekvorm verschenen zelfrechtvaardiging keerden Strauss en diens CSU zich van hem af. Daarna koos Schönhuber voor een rechts-radicaal isolement, het eindstation na een lange reis die hem van de linkervleugel van de SPD via een liberaal tussenstation en de behoudende CSU naar een bestemming bracht waar de oprichting van een nieuwe rechts-radicale partij, de Republikaner, het logisch vervolg was. Als journalist deed Schönhuber ervaringen op in het bespelen van de menselijke emotie; zijn werk als verslaggever en later 1 - 7 - 1989 als columnist van boulevardbladen hadden hem inzichten verschaft die hem als politiek leider zeervan pas kwamen. De schuldvraag waarmee naoorlogse Duitse generaties waren belast zag Schönhuber als een comfortabel voertuig naar een politieke ideologie die stemmen moest opleveren, zowel bij de oudere als bij de jongere generaties. Daarbij appelleert hij aan twee, niet te verwaarlozen groepen in de Duitse samenleving: zij die zich niets willen herinneren en zij die zich niets kunnen herinneren omdat zij tot de naoorlogse generatie behoren. De eerste groep koestert in stilte de overtuiging dat Schönhuber hen niet als een schandvlek van de natie beschouwt, integendeel. Een 'streep onder de historische rekening' werd het politieke credo van Schönhuber, gecombineerd met het verwijt dat de gevestigde politieke partijen de belangen -ELSEVIER- van de Kleinbürger verkwanselden en dat ze te laf waren om de 'werkelijke misstanden' bij de naam te noemen, zoals het vraagstuk van de toenemende immigratie. In het spoor van de zondebok volgt het ideaal van de Duitse hereniging. TOELOOP VAN JONGEREN Dat ouderen zich verwant voelen met een politiek leider die het nazi-verleden tot een afgesloten hoofdstuk verklaart is begrijpelijk, minder voor de hand liggend is de toeloop van de jongere generaties. De gemiddelde leeftijd van de Republikaner is achtentwintigjaar. Wilhelm Heitmeyer, docent aan de pedagogische faculteit van de universiteit van Bielefeld, noemt bestaansangst de voornaamste bron van rechts-extremisme onder jongeren: 'Angst om de controle over het eigen leven te verliezen, over de planning van het 27 �FOTO'SRINUSDEHILSTER bestaan. Van jongeren wordt vandaag in het onderwijs en in het beroep een aanpassing geëist, die velen onzeker maakt. Niet iedereen kan dat oplossen en men gaat dan zoeken naar zekerheden, in de vorm van ideologieën waarin alles duidelijk schijnt te zijn, wat boven en wat beneden is, wat een hogere waarde vertegenwoordigt en wat minderwaardig is.' In een hoofdartikel in Die Zeit van vrijdag 23 juni scherst Robert Leicht het succes van de Republikaner als een symptoom van de vervreemding waarvan de Duitse burger vandaag het slachtoffer is. Die staat niet alleen vreemd tegenover de buitenlanders, de asielzoekers, maar hij is ook een vreemde in eigen huis, waar hij geen raad weet met de nieuwe uitdaging van de hightech maatschappij, de veranderde waarden in een gecompliceerde dieµstensamenleving, de · onzekere politieke dimensies in Europa en de economische competitie op wereldschaal. En dat alles in een tijd, waarin de traditionele vijandbeelden verbleken. Het bier vloeit rijkelijk no het surces van de Europese verkiezingen. Moor de Republikoner staan met grote groepen van de samenleving op voet van oorlog. Immigranten zien Schönhuber als de personificatie van de vreemdelingenhaat in de Bondsrepubliek. Ook worden ze als neo-nazi's aangeduid. Toch zet Schönhuber zijn campagne voor de nieuwe orde yoort en dan kt hij het Duitse volk voor het vertrouwen dot het in hem stelt 30 -ELSEVIER- VADERLANDSLIEFDE De vervreemding lijkt niet het exclusieve bezit van de Duitse burgers, ook de Republikaner staan ver van de maatschappij, die zij voor de ondergang zeggen te behoeden. In de kantlijn van Schönhubers confrontatie met de internationale pers geeft Johanna Grund haar visie op het programma van de Republikaner: 'De partij is opgericht met het doel het nationaal bewustzijn van het Duitse volk, dat in de afgelopen decennia zeer geleden heeft, weer op te bouwen. We hebben bewust geappelleerd aan gevoelens van vaderlandsliefde, ook voor het Duitse volk Dat deden we met de leus: We hebben respect voor ieders vaderland, maar we houden van ons eigen vaderland. Daaraan was in de Bondsrepubliek een ernstig tekort. Wij hebben heel lang geleden onder die twaalf verschrikkelijke jaren in onze geschiedenis. Maar wij zeggen nu: er is een hele generatie overheen gegaan. Op dit ogenblik heeft het grootste deel van ome bevolking daar niets meer mee te maken, die mensen zijn pas na de Tweede Wereldoorlog geboren. Wij kunnen de geschiedenis van het Duitse volk niet minimaliseren tot die twaalf jaar. De Duitse geschiedenis is veel rijker, veel grootser. Elk volk op deze wereld kent meer en minder glorieuze perioden in zijn geschiedenis. Dat geldt ook voor het Nederlandse volk, voor elk volk' Kunt u zich voorstellen dat er angst heerst voor uw nationalisme? Grund: 'Wij streven naar een nationaal staatsdenken, maar we willen absoluut niet dat dit verwordt tot nationalisme. We kunnen dit in de hand houden door het patriottisme te verbreiden zonder het chauvinisme te bevorderen. Met dat patriottisme 1-7-1989 �willen we weer een normaal volk, een hele gewone democratie worden. Ik heb nog altijd het gevoel dat Hitler dit land vanuit zijn graf regeert Alles wat gedaan en gezegd wordt, meet men af aan die tijd. Alles wordt onderzocht op: zit daar nog iets van het oude denken in of niet? Wij leven voor de toekomst. Daarom hebben we ook veel jonge leden.' Wat maakt de Republikaner voor jonge- ren aantrekkelijk? 'Wij bieden die jongeren een perspectief. Dat no fature-denken van de jeugd komt voort uit het bandeloze materialisme, dat de plaats heeft ingenomen van betrouwbaarheid, eerlijkheid, fatsoen en geloofwaardigheid. Wij willen die begrippen weer ingang doen vinden. We zeggen: "Als jullie niet alleen materialisme en genot nastreven, maar ook je plichten nakomen, dan hebben jullie een toekomst. Wij houden de jongeren die naar ons toekomen ver van decadente westerse verschijnselen als alcoholisme en heroïneverslaving. Daarom organiseren we jeugdgroepen waarmee we de bergen intrekken, we laten die jongeren de schoonheid van het vaderland zien en leren de jeugd onze volksliederen.' 'LEBENSRAUM' Terwijljohanna Grund haar heil en dat van de jongeren in de bergen zoekt, trekken de andere Repubikaner met leuzen de wereld in. De Europa-brochure van Schönhubers partij is royaal van kordate uitspraken en handreikingen voorzien. 'beutsch!and z.uerst!' '.Ja tegen Europa, nee tegen deze EG! ' 'De Bondsrepubliek is de betaalmeester van de Europese Gemeenschap. Geen andere EG-staat betaalt zo veel en ontvangt er zo weinig voor terug. Wij hebben geen behoefte aan het Europa van de bureaucraten en het Europa van de grote ondernemers, geen Europa van de monopolies en de egalisatie, maar we hebben een Europa nodig van vrije volkeren, staten en burgers.' Het politieke gedachtengoed van de Republikaner kan gemakkelijk op één foliovel worden vastgelegd. Het hoofdpunt vormt de staatkundige en nationale eenheid van Duitsland door een vredesverdrag en een hereniging. Nummer twee is: het behoud van het Duitse volk en zijn ecologische Lebensraum. Daartoe behoort de bescherming van het ongeboren leven maar ook de bewaking van het milieu en de beperking van het asielrecht en de beroepsmatige bedrijvigheid van buitenlanders. 'Wij Republikaner houden van Duitsland, ons vaderland en onze Heimat. Duitsland moet het land van de Duitsers blijven en mag daarom geen immigratieland worden.' De Duitse journalisten zijn niet geïnteresseerd in Schönhubers kijk op de wereld 1 - 7 - 1989 en de oplossingen die hij in verbijsterende eenvoud aan de hand doet. Zij roeren liever in de brij van onverkwikkelijkheden waarin de partijleider zich bevindt. Hoe zit het met de geruchten over financiële manipulaties waarbij uzelf zou zijn betrokken? 'Allemaal laster.' Is het juist dat woordvoerder Neubauer communisten ooit als geestelijke misdadigers en potentiële moordenaàrs heeft betiteld, en het communisme slechts de speelruimte gunde die de gehangene tussen hals en strop bezit? 'Uit zijn verband gerukt. Communistische leugens. Herr Kollege, u kent ze toch?' Wordt u in het Europese parlement een tweederangs ster in een fractie waarin JeanMarie Le Pen zit? 'Als u mijn karakterstructuur kent weet u dat het mijn natuur niet is om op de tweede plaats te staan.' Wat klopt er van de verhalen dat u in Amerika extremisten hebt ontmoet? 'Niet formeel, één keer.' Onderhoudt u contacten met de Oostenrijkse rechts-radicaal Haider? 'Ik heb hem één keer ontmoet. Ik acht Haider hoog. Hij is een verstandige man, een dynamische man. Maar ik pas er voor om te zeggen dat ik hem weer zal ontmoeten, ik moet rekening houden met de Oostenrijkse gevoeligheden.' De CDU onderzoekt uw privé-leven. 'Wij zullen die politieke analfabeten aanvallen en verdelgen. Maar ze gooien ook hun eigen glazen in. Het zijn de beste propagandisten voor de Republikaner. Het grote publiek doorziet hun streken. Het publiek ziet graag clowns op de bühne, maar niet in de politiek.' U acht uzelf boven elke kritiek verheven. Maar ieder mens heeft toch een duister hoekje in zijn bestaan? 'Kritiek is goed. Maar als men beweert dat ik kleine kinderen opvreet, is dat niet waar. Water in Duitsland aan de gang is, dat is de grootste naoorlogse lastercampagne.' NIET SERIEUS De zaal stroomt leeg. De buitenlandse pers blijft nog na om Schönhuber te laten praten over het nationalisme, het Duitse verleden, het vraagstuk van de buitenlanders. De Duitse media geloven het wel, in het besef dat Schönhubers woorden minder interessant zijn dan zijn daden, en dat het officiële partijprogramma er minder toe doet dan het onuitgesproken, ongeschreven Republikaner-partijprogramma van het gesundenes Volksempfinden waarachter de Republikaner-kiezers zich hebben geschaard: iedereen is schuld aan de ellende behalve de Duitse burger zelf. -ELSEVIER - De afkeer van de Duitse verslaggevers voor de frasen van Schönhuber is verklaarbaar maar roept ook pijnlijke herinneringen op aan de ontvangst die het fenomeen Hitler indertijd in de Duitse pers ten deel viel: als een onbelangrijke agitator werd hij terzijde geschoven, hij zou nooit in staat zijn de grote politiek naar zijn hand te zetten. De Duitse pers neemt Schönhuber nog altijd niet serieus. Maar de politiek doet dit inmiddels wel, in binnen- en buitenland. Zelfs in de DDR wekt Schönhuber opschudding. Joachin Herrmann, lid van het politburo van de communistische partij, zag het verschijnsel Schönhuber als een argument om de Berlijnse Muur overeind te houden . 'Misschien zullen de Westduitse sociaaldemocraten en de groenen nog eens beschutting achter die muur zoeken tegen mensen als Schönhuber.' ROYEMENT Nog groter is de opwinding in eigen land. FDP-voorzitter Otto Graf van Lambsdorff noemde Schönhuber een neo-nazi, bondskanselier Kohl waarschuwde voor de geval·gen van contacten tussen CDU-leden en Republikaner. Bondsdagafgevaardigde Lummer hangt intussen een royement boven het hoofd, omdat hij een gesprek met de Republikaner opportuun achtte. De verhouding tussen de christen-democratische partijen CDU en CSU staat ook onder druk. Binnen de CDU overheerst de afkeer van de Republikaner, bij de CSU groeit het besef dat een confrontatie-politiek tegenover Schönhuber averechtse effecten kan hebben voor een partij die toch al niet meer over het charismatisch gezag van FranzJosef Strauss beschikt. Wanneer de Republikaner nog een paar procenten in aanhang toenemen, dreigt het gevaar dat zij de sleutelpositie in de Duitse politiek, die jarenlang voor de liberale FDP was gereserveerd, zullen overnemen. Dat zal grote spanningen in de Duitse politiek veroorzaken die tot in lengte van jaren verlammend kunnen werken. 'Wij rukken nu op naar het noorden,' zegt woordvoerder Neubauer. 'Bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van het voorjaar 1990 zullen wijjlachdeckend antreten.' 'Het politieke landschap zal volledig worden omgewoeld,' voegt Franz Schönhuber eraan toe. 'Noordrijn-Westfalen en Hamburg zijn de nieuwe doelwitten.' Het is de euforie van de oorlogsretoriek. Terwijl in Neurenberg en Keulen jongeren demonstreren tegen de discriminatie-politiek van Schönhubers volgelingen, laten de Republikaner in hun stamcafé de Löwenbräukeller grote glazen bier aanrukken. Het geschreeuw dat hun opmars vergezelt klinkt huiveringwekkend, niet gehinderd door enig schaamtegevoel. • 31 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Termaat collection (RHC-144)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ff3c6a9f503ae02dc45ec622e798b5ad.pdf bf1e27c52ae1db0e59eeda709a6bb75e PDF Text Text F,rench Nazi collatiora or captured in Catholic priory r. e Washington Post t f{, j/ PARIS - Paul Touvier, a notorious pro-Nazi French militia leader accused of crimes against humanlity during World War II, was arrested Wednesday at his hideout in a fundamentalist Roman Catholic priory in Nice. I Touvier, 74, was flown to Paris Wednesday afternoon for questioning, and his arrest raised the prospect of another courtroom reexamination of the troubled history of Nazi repression and French collaboration in the Lyons area during German occupation. Klaus Barbie, a German officer who headed the Gestapo in Lyons, was sentenced o life in prison two years ago. Applauding Touvier's arrest, Lyons Mayor Michel Noir said the collaborator "formed along with Klaus Barbie an infernal duo for e Lyons Resistance." Like Baroie, Touvier was called the "butch?r of Lyons" by resistance memers against whom he gathered in'ormation for use by the Gestapo. The site of Touvier's arrest also ignited a longstanding controverr over the Roman Catholic hurch's role in protecting those ccused of association with Nazi rimes. "Everybody knows there /Vas a channel with part of the atholic hierarchy that protected ouvier," said Yves Jouffa, head of e League of Human Rights. The Rev. Jean-Michel Di Falco, a kesman for French bishops, oted that the priory where Tou·er was arrested is outside the auority of the bishop of Nice. He eclined to say whether Touvier as accorded protection by French relates after the war, saying he · Paul Touvier, shown in file photo, is accused of crimes against humanity. did not know enough to answer questions on the subject. Touvier, Lyons intelligence chief for the collaborationist militia, was arrested when France was liberated in 1944, but he escaped. He was twice convicted in absentia and sentenced to death for war crimes, once in Lyons in 1945 and again in Chambery in 1947. He stayed in hiding until the sentences expired in 1967 under France's 20-year statute of limitations. President Georges Pompidou then pardoned him in 1971, which cancelled other penalties such as confiscation of his wealth and a ban from French soil. The outcry was so great after that, however, that Touvier went back into hiding. He was charged in 1981 with crimes against humanity, to which the statute of limitations does not apply in France. The charges were based on crimes other than those cited in his earlier trials, opening the way for new proceedings. Witnesses told French reporters that Touvier was taken into custody early Wednesday morning in the Saint Francois Priory in the old quarter of Nice on the French Riviera. The Nice city hall said it donated the building in 1987 to the Sacerdotal Fraternity of Saint Pius X, which has used it as a chapel and rest house. The religious group is headed by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre, a fundamentalist bishop headquartered in Switzerland who recently was excommunicated for ordaining bishops against Vatican orders and refusing to heed changes in church practice. Henry Amouroux, author of a history of France under German occupation, said Touvier is likely to be brought to trial and that the new proceedings will show "the role played by the Church in the protection that it accorded him." Although histories vary on this point, one widely reported account has suggested Touvier was sheltered by prelates in the Lyons area in recognition of his role in saving 42 French hostages who were about to be shot by Nazi soldiers retaliating against a Resistance attack. Pierre Merindol, a journalist who has specialized in the history of the Lyons Resistance, wrote that Cardinal Pierre-Marie Gerlier, the wartime archbishop of Lyons, made the promise to whoever could prevent the retaliation. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1989-05-25-war-ciminal-330 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Grand Rapids Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989-05-25 Title A name given to the resource Rabbi Avraham Weiss is dragged from the convent by workman Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping of a photo of two men dragging another man by his arm and coat as others gather around. Subject The topic of the resource Weiss, Avraham 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. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/029d7952b7f3b756ccaed0a592fdaf91.pdf b235c3d39991a7dd1ddcce3e74909749 PDF Text Text (_/_g_?______ =_G_RA_N,_D_,RA_P_io_s_P_RE_ss ____ ri_Ji_, -""'----[l AP PHOTO Rabbi Avraham Weiss is dragged from the convent by workmen. �Workers at convent near Auschwitz heat American protesters The Associated Press OSWIECIM, Poland - Workers at a Roman Catholic convent on the edge of the Auschwitz concentration camp punched, kicked and dragged out an American rabbi and six students who occupied the grounds Friday to demand the nuns leave. About 20 people, including uniformed and plainclothes police, watched as the workers ripped up the demonstrators' signs and assaulted them. Rabbi Avraham Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of New York said his group suffered bruises, scrapes, bleeding noses and lips. Their clothes were tom and they were forced to leave the convent grounds. Weiss said the nuns watched from a window and did not try to op-the- worke . ers could see women inside watching, but they were not dressed in habits and appeared not to be nuns. "It's extraordinary that in Auschwitz 50 years later, something like this could happen," said Weiss. "I demand an apology from these nuns." The incident occurred five hours after the men climbed a 7-foot wrought iron fence and occupied a porch of the convent, located in a former Nazi warehouse on the perimeter of the camp where 4 million people died from 1940 to 1945, an estimated 2.5 million of them Jews. Weiss's group called the convent a "desecration" of the Jews' mem- ory and protested the failure of Catholic authorities to meet a Febnaary deadline to relocate it. The group went to nearby Krakow but said they would return Sunday. "What occurred today is going to strengthen our resolve all the more now," said Weiss. "People should µnderstand what peaceful non-violent protest is all about. I cannot accept that the nuns would be looking through the window and not help us." The men had planned to occupy the convent until the end of the Sabbath on Saturday night and then stage more demonstrations Sunday against Roman Catholic Cardinal Franciszek Macharski of Krakow. Under a 1987 Geneva declaration, signed by 18 Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders, the cardinal was to transfer the 14 Barefoot Carmelite nuns to an interfaith prayer and education center to be built farther from the camp. The controversy surroundlng tbe convent has become m m emotional since the deadline for moving the nuns passed on Feb. 22. The European director of B'nai B'rith said in June he was confident the situation was headed for a resolution based on new assurances by Macharski. The cloister, founded in 1984, is a few feet from the barbed wire fence and guard towers of the death eam . 'I'he convent-lawn,witlHt-2-3 foot wooden cross in the middle, is a former gravel pit where political prisoners were gunned down by Nazi executioners in 1940 and 1941. Jews have condemned the presence of the convent at the concentration camp as a deeply offensive intrusion of Christian religious symbols. In May, 300 women from 27 countries held a peaceful protest in front of the convent organized by the Women's International Zionist Organization. Weiss appealed to the Polish government, the independent Soli-, darity union and the Polish people to exert pressure to move the convent. He said that despite the February deacl,line, it appeared the nuns were refurbishing the building and grounds. "Qur patience has run out," said Weiss, whose Hebrew Institute is in Riverdale in the New York City borough of the Bronx. After climbing the convent fence Friday, the rabbi and his students said prayers, sang religious songs and donned prayer shawls. The men knocked on the convent door, but the nuns did not emerge. Instead, workmen on the second floor doused the group with water, jeered and told them to leave. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1989-05-15-US-protesters-in-EU-332 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989-05-15 Title A name given to the resource Nazi-revival aangepakt door FBI Description An account of the resource Dutch newspaper clipping about the resurgence of Nazi ideology in United States. In Dutch. Subject The topic of the resource Neo-Nazism -- United States 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource nl Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a55bb2b4ff79e43ef07df3b24d09c8d4.pdf 5610fab9f6d67ec2cadda9a4af925d2f PDF Text Text What was Word War II all about? Washilliton Post Writers Group , LONDON - In White~all, a·steady trickle of tourists shuffles through thf> subterranean rooms where Winston Churchill and his war cabinet conducted business while the bombs fell. Taped voices of Neville Chamberlain and Churchill and Hitler echo through the concrete corridors. Across the river in the Imperial War Museum, visitors must make reservations for "The Blitz Experience," a simulation complete with smoke, sounds of air-raid sirens and make-believe bomb concussions. It is very popular. It lasts eight minutes. A recurring theme in modern thought, in writings as diverse as those of Freud and Proust, is the insistent, disturbing prompting of uncontrolled memory. And a recurring political task is the recapture of the past through cultivated memories, those mystic chords that bind people into communities. However, commemorations, such as those of the events of 50 years ago, can give false clarity to the past. What really began in September 1939? The late A.J.P. Taylor was a contrarian, but he had a point when he said the Second World War began in April 1932 when Mao Tse-tung and Chou Teh declared war on the Japanese in the name of the Kaingsi Soviet. Taylor said the war in the European theater began in March 1938 when the army of a great power, Germany, crossed a frontier - Austria's - to force political change. John Lukacs says that what began 50 years ago was "the last European war." As a European war it lasted until December 1941 at which point it became a world conflagration and the fate of Europe fell into the hands of the United States and the Soviet Union. What certainly began on Sept. 1, 1939, was the quick conquest of Poland. By December 1939 only two European states were really involved in combat - the Soviet Union and Finland. British and German troops did not meet until April 20, 1940, in Norway. And as Taylor wrote, until 1942 a wife in London was more apt to be a war casualty than was her husband in the army. The outcome of the war was settled in the first week of December 1941 on Dec. 5, when the Red Army launched a general offensive on the Moscow front, and on Dec. 7, when America was dragged into the war. No one knew what the world was slipping into 50 years ago. A Washington Post headline of Sept. 3, 1939, said: BOTH SIDES AGREE NOT TO BOMB CIVIUANS. The war that in its first month featured charges by Polish horse cavalry ended with two atomic blasts. In 1941, the U.S.Army had20,000 horses, the most since the Civil War. Paul Fussell, in his quirky, dyspeptic, fascinating new book, ''Wartime," is an archeologist of the American and British psyches, unearthing evidence of their conditions during the war. He confirms the judgment that it was a war in which disillusionment set in before the first shot was fired. In 1914, Rupert Brooke spoke for many when he thanked God for the outbreak of war, rejoicing in it as an awakening from "a world grown old and cold and weary," relishing war as a cleansing, invigorating experience, "as swimmers into cleanness leaping." However, the nations that turned wearily to the Second World War had read "All Quiet on the Western Front," and seen the movie of it, as well as "Grand musion." They had read Dos Passos' "Three Soldiers," Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms," Robert 6raves' "Good;tye to All That," and other literatur conveying the taste of ashes from the last war. The Second World War was, Fussell says, a war of impersonal forces, shaped by developments in mass production and propaganda. It was Krupp against General Motors, a war in which anonymity, the annihilation of individuality, was underscored by the name given to the men who conquered the ground: G.I. (government issue) Joes. Eugene Sledge, a Marine whose memoirs Fussell has rescued from obscurity, recalls Okinawa, where replacements were killed before their units learned their names. "They were forlorn figures coming up to the meat grinder and going right back out of it like homeless waifs, unknown and faceless to us, like unread books upon a shelf." Yes, of course the war was a ghastly experience, a maelstrom of modern forces that a poet has called "the conspiracy of the plural against the singular." But it was waged on behalf of singularity. Suppose our side had not won. As Lukacs writes, it is inconceivable that in the First World War, a nationalist war, a bar of German music (the first bar of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony - three shorts notes and one long note: Morse code "V'' for victory), could have been adopted as a call of defiance by the nations fighting Gei:many. But the Second War War was waged in defense of a civilization of which Beethoven is an exemplar. It was a war worth winning. 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1988-Why-WWII-327 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Will, George Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Title A name given to the resource What was World War II all about? Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping of Washington Post Writers Group article about World War II fiction and reality. Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Fiction 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/88ffba830b7b9bd64bbc3c5487d16873.pdf 592a5ff1b976245e74dcec86abcbacb7 PDF Text Text U.S. holds document linking Waldheim to Greek deportations The Associated Press · UNITED NATIONS - While serving in the German army, Kurt Waldheim fmwarded a request for the mass deportation of Greek civilians to labor camps in 1943, according to a Nazi document. The authenticity of the document, found in the U.S. National Archives and made public Monday, was confirmed by U.S. Justice Department spokesman John Russell. He said it was among the crucial documents on which the gqvernment based its decision to place Waldheim, now Austria's president and formerly U.N. secretary-general, on a list barring him from entering the United States. Under the Nuremberg Charter adopted at the end of the war, deportation of civilians is both a war crime and a crime against humanity. When the U.S. Justice Department barred Waldheim .from the United States, it said he had "assisted or otherwise participated" in "mass deportation of civilians." Waldheim has repeatedly declared he is innocent of any war crimes. The document is a message between German army officers in the Balkans in World War II and indicates the information was received by radio by Waldheim, who signed its transcription and forwarded it on Aug. 15, 1943. Waldheim at that time was a lieutenant serving as deputy operations officer of the German General Staff attached to the 11th Italian Anny in Athens. The communication from a German army field officer was addressed to his h~adquarters and said there is "hope of success only , if all male civilians are seized and deported" in the area in northern ---- - Greece where his division was op'erating. It also said "'cleansing operations are deemed necessary." Nazi "cleansing _operatiops" often meant the destruction of towns and deportation or execution of their inhabitants. The captured Nazi document was made available to The Associated Press by the World . Jewish Congress in the original German text, with excerpts in English. Justice Department sources concurred in the translation. Gerold Christian, Waldheim's spokesman, said today he had no comment on the document. The document apparently has been used before, according to Manfred Messerschmidt, a West German historian who was a member of an international commission that investigated Waldheim's World War II past. The historians' commission and a White Book published last year · by Waldheim's aides both reviewed what seems to be the same document, Messe_rschmidt said. The commission's report, released Feb. 9, contradicts the White Book, saying Waldheim's initials on the Aug. 15, 1943 document indicate he must have known about persecutions of civilians in Greece. The White Book says Waldheim's initials signify "nothing but his certifying the correctness of a copy of the rp.essage for inclusion" in the official war diary of his unit. The World Jewish Congress said Waldheim did not authorize the deportation of the Greeks to labor camps in Germany but that he was aware of the plan. It also said a deportation order later was countermanded by an Italian commander whom the congress dtd not identify. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Text Image Type The nature or genre of the resource application/pdf image/jpeg Language A language of the resource eng nl Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-144_Termaat_NWS_1988-Waldheim-314 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Associated Press Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1988 Title A name given to the resource U.S. holds document linking Waldheim to Greek deportations Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping about the documents relating the war crimes charges against President Kurt Waldheim of Austria. Subject The topic of the resource War criminals -- Germany Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe Waldheim, Kurt United Nations. Secretary-General (1972-1981 : Waldheim) 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> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives