Guide to
De Westerborker newsletter collection
1988.1225
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center
2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
tauberholocaustlibrary@jfcs.org
Title:
De Westerborker newsletter collection
Identifier/Call Number: 1988.1225
Contributing Institution:
Tauber Holocaust Library
Language of Material:
Dutch; Flemish
Container: Archives Box 5
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
comprising 18 issues of the newsletter
Date: 1945
Abstract: Collection comprises 18 issues of
De Westerborker: Nieuws Uit Het Kamp Westerbork (
The Westerborker: News from Camp Westerbork), ranging in date from 1945 April 24 through 1945 June 1.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
Scope and Contents note
Collection comprises 18 issues of the the newsletter of post-liberation Camp Westerbork, in the Netherlands. The first issue
in the collection is Issue 7, dated 1945 April 24; the last is Issue 26, dated 1945 June 1.
De Westerborker was the newsletter of Camp Westerbork and was published after the liberation of the camp on April 12, 1945. The newsletter
reported on daily concerns, such as medical staff changes, language courses, sports, as well as reproducing reports from the
BBC on the successes of the Allies against the Nazi forces.
Issue No. 7 includes reports on the advance of the Allied troops through Germany, destruction in Berlin, the retreat of Hitler
to Berlin, as well as the approach of Soviet troops in Potsdam. Another issue includes reproduction of the national anthems
of the Netherlands, France, Great Britain and the USSR, as well as the words to Hatikvah, in Hebrew and transliterated into
Dutch. Other issues include a column on Jews in Palestine and around the world (Joden in Palestina en Elders in de Wereld)
Issue No. 22 reports that because of the gradual liquidation of Westerbork camp and a lack of important war news,
De Westerborker would be published to report on important alerts or bulletins. The last issue in the collection is Issue No. 26, dated 1945
June 1.
The newsletters are arranged chronologically.
Preferred Citation note
[item], [date],
De Westerborker newsletter collection - 1988.1225, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Camp Westerbork was a transit camp in the Netherlands, originally established in 1939 by Dutch authorities to house illegal
Jewish emigrants. After the invasion of the Netherlands by the Nazis, the camp became a transport camp. From July 1942 until
September 1944, the Germans transported over 97,000 Jews to concentration camps in the east, with the vast majority sent to
death camps Auschwitz and Sobibor. When Canadian troops liberated Camp Westerbork on April 12, 1945, there were 876 prisoners
remaining.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Westerbork (Concentration camp).
Newsletters.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation -- Netherlands
De Westerborker
1945 April 24
De Westerborker
1945 April 25
De Westerborker
1945 April 26
De Westerborker
1945 April 27
De Westerborker
1945 April 28
De Westerborker
1945 April 30
De Westerborker
1945 May 2
De Westerborker
1945 May 3
De Westerborker
1945 May 5
De Westerborker
1945 May 7
De Westerborker
1945 May 8
De Westerborker
1945 May 11
De Westerborker
1945 May 14
De Westerborker
1945 May 15
De Westerborker
1945 May 17
De Westerborker
1945 May 22
De Westerborker
1945 May 25
De Westerborker
1945 June 1
