Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 2004. Jack Trompetter

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Title:
Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series transcript. 2004. Jack Trompetter
Title (alt.):
Jack Trompetter : 2004
Description:
Holocaust survivor Jack Trompetter discusses his experiences during the Holocaust as part of the Philip N. Backstrom Survivor Lecture Series held during Northeastern University's annual Holocaust Awareness Week. Trompetter, who was born in Amsterdam in 1942, was put into hiding by his parents at three months old and went from a Quaker children's home to the home of a rural Dutch family in Heino where he was sheltered for the remainder of the war. He gives an overview of his parents' experience in the Holocaust in the Netherlands and discusses the challenges faced by his family coming back together at the end of the war.
Creator:
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee
Speaker:
Trompetter, Jack
Date:
2004
Format:
Documents
Genre:
transcripts
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A67) Jack Trompetter, Location 89/4 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee records (A67)
Series:
Holocaust awareness series. Backstrom Holocaust survivors speakers series ; 2004
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Quakers
Child survivor
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Trompetter, Jack
Places:
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Tilburg (Netherlands)
Heino (Netherlands)
Extent:
10 pages
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20337676
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Language:
English
Notes:
Part of lecture series, "Holocaust Awareness Committee: a time to bear witness."
Identifier:
TLC_0153