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Finding Aid for the Alfred and Annalee Roegtten collection 2020.013.h.r
2020.013.h.r  
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Documents

Scope and Contents

This series contains documents from Alfred and Annalee Roettgen, in addition to Annalee's brother Israel Priester. The documents are original and reproductions, dating from the 1940s. The documents include identification, registration form to go abroad, occupation card, registration for naturalization. Of particular interest are Alfred Roettgen's certified passports of Nazi-occupied Netherlands and Ecuador. This series is arranged alphabetically.
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Israel Priester documents

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Alfred Roettgen documents

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Alfred Roettgen documents

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Alfred Roettgen documents

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Anneliese Priester Roettgen documents

 

Correspondence

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The Correspondence series contains handwritten and typed letters. The majority of these letters are dated from 1940 to 1945 and are both professional and personal correspondence. There is a handwritten letter from the Rabbinat der Jüdishchen Gemeinder Zu Duisburg Synaoggen, confirming Alfred Roettgen's Bar Mitzvah on March 24, 1929. The series contains six letters from the Joodshe Raad Voor Amsterdam, dated 1942 to 1943. Most of these letters are confirming Alfred Roettgen's employment for the Joodshe Raad Voor Amsterdam. Of particular interest are eight letters from the Dutch Red Cross, dated from 1942 to 1944. Alfred Roettgen writes most of these letters to his family members outside of the Netherlands, including Brazil, Britain, and the United States. The Correspondence series is arranged chronologically.
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Rabbinat der Synagogen-Gemeinde Essen 1937

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Jewish Council for Amsterdam 1942-1943

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The Dutch Red Cross 1942-1944

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Handwritten correspondence 1943-1944

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Typed correspondence 1943-1987

 

Writings

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The Writings series contains various written material forms, including newsletters, newspaper clippings, and articles are dating from 1995 to 2005. They are written in English, Dutch, and German. Additionally, this series encompasses programs from the Gruppe Bühne Lager Westerbork. The Gruppe Bühne Lager Westerbork was a theater company between 1942 and 1944 of cabaret artists imprisoned in Westerbork transit camp. There are two reproduction programs from April 1944 and June 1944, written in Dutch with illustrations. The highlight of this collection is a personal narrative written by Annalee Roettgen on December 16, 1995, titled "Happiness, War, Fears, Tears,----USA." This series in arranged chronologically.
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Gruppe Bühne Lager Westerbork Programs 1944

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Newsletters 1945-1995

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"Happiness, War, Fear,---USA" 1995

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Newspaper Clippings 2000-2005

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Magazine 2005

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Articles

 

Photographs

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The photographs in this series are both original and reproductions. There are two bulk dates, from 1940 to 1945 and the 1990s. The photographs from the 1940s were professionally taken, and it appears the people were staged for the picture. Alfred Roettgen and other individuals are positioned in an office space working with a telephone switchboard. This might have been taken when Roettegen worked for the Joodshe Raad Voor Amsterdam. The photographs taken in the 1990s are Holocaust monuments and memorials, including Mauthausen Memorial and the Alte Synagogue in Essen, Germany. This series is arranged chronologically.
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Photographs

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Photographs

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Photographs

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Correspondence
Writings
Photographs
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