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Imprisonment

Imprisonment is the detention of people after an arrest or before or after trial.

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Events (16)

Walter Holländer in Camp Sachsenhausen

Oranienburg Nov. 15, 1938 - Dec. 1, 1938

Two days after Kristallnacht, Walter Holländer and his brother Julius were arrested by the Nazis. While Julius was soon released, Walter was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

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Trude Leeser imprisoned in Vught concentration camp

Vught Feb. 10, 1943 - June 3, 1944

Trude Leeser was niece of Hermann van Pels and was imprisoned in Vught from early 1943.

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Henny van Pels imprisoned in Vught concentration camp

Vught Feb. 24, 1943 - Sept. 11, 1943

Henny van Pels was a sister of Hermann van Pels. In Vught, she worked as a furrier. On 11 September 1943, she was transferred to camp Westerbork. From there, she was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on 14 September 1943, where she was killed shortly after arrival.

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Familie Metz interned in Barneveld

Lunteren Feb. 27, 1943 - Sept. 29, 1943

Theodor Metz and his family were able to avoid deportation to concentration camps for a long time thanks to the Frederiks plan. To avoid arrest, they stayed in a Jewish Home in Barneveld - presumably "De Biezen" - from 27 February to 29 September 1943.

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Clara van Pels imprisoned in Camp Westerbork

Zwiggelte April 17, 1943

Clara van Pels is a younger sister of Hermann van Pels. On 17 April 1943, she and her husband Günther Neumann were arrested and taken to Westerbork. There, on 26 April, they were deported to Sobibor extermination camp, where they were murdered, presumably on 29 April 1944.

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Familie Ledermann imprisoned in Camp Westerbork

Zwiggelte June 20, 1943

On 20 June 1943, the Ledermann family was arrested in their home during a large raid in Amsterdam-Zuid. Their daughter Barbara went into hiding. They were deported to Auschwitz on 16 November 1943.

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Family Goslar imprisoned in Camp Westerbork

Zwiggelte June 20, 1943

On 20 June 1944, the Goslar family was rounded up during a large raid in Amsterdam-Zuid and taken to Camp Westerbork. Hans Goslar had an 'Albersheim declaration', which allowed him to be exchanged by the British for captured Germans. To be available for this, he and two daughters were deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 15 February 1944.

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Margarethe Goldschmidt-Röttgen imprisoned in Camp Westerbork

Zwiggelte Aug. 6, 1943

Gretha Goldschmidt was a sister of Auguste van Pels-Röttgen. She was imprisoned in penal hut 67 in Camp Westerbork on 6 August 1943.

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Kugler and Kleiman in Detention Centre II (Amstelveenscheweg)

Amsterdam Aug. 4, 1944 - Sept. 7, 1944

On the day of the arrest of the eight people in hiding and the helpers Kleiman and Kugler, the helpers were transferred to Detention Centre II on Amstelveenscheweg.

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The people in hiding are interrogated by the Sicherheitsdienst

Amsterdam Aug. 4, 1944

After their arrest, the people in hiding were taken to the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung. There they were interrogated by Karl Silberbauer.

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Imprisoned in Detention Centre I (Weteringschans)

Amsterdam Aug. 5, 1944 - Aug. 8, 1944

The day after their arrest, the eight people from the Secret Annex were locked up in the Detention Centre. The men and women were separated and put in two separate, large cells.

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Metz family imprisoned in Theresienstadt concentration camp

Terezin Sept. 4, 1944 - Sept. 1, 1945

On 4 September 1944, the Metz family was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In that camp, they were relatively safe.

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Kugler and Kleiman in Detention Center I (Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen)

Amsterdam Sept. 7, 1944 - Sept. 11, 1944

Kleiman and Kugler were transferred from tDetention Center II to Detention Center I on the Weteringschans in Amsterdam on 7 September 1944.

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Johannes Kleiman imprisoned in camp Amersfoort

Amersfoort Sept. 11, 1944 - Sept. 18, 1944

Johannes Kleiman was registered in camp Amersfoort on Monday 11 September 1944. He was released a week later due to ill health.

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Victor Kugler in Camp Amersfoort

Amersfoort Sept. 11, 1944 - Sept. 26, 1944

Victor Kugler was imprisoned in Camp Amersfoort from 11 September to 26 September 1944.

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Victor Kugler escapes during an air raid

Zevenaar March 24, 1945

In late March 1945, Victor Kugler was sent to Germany on foot with about 600 fellow prisoners. Near Zevenaar, the column came under fire from British aircraft. Kugler took advantage of the confusion and escaped. After a few days, he arrived home in Hilversum.

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Huis van Bewaring (Detention Centre) I - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 14

Amsterdam

During World War II, the Sipo-SD used part of the building as a Polizeigefängnis, to hold detainees for interrogation.

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Huize De Biezen

Lunteren

Jews were interned here in 1943, to save them from deportation.

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Zevenaar - Arnhemseweg

Zevenaar

The railway station and railway yard in Zevenaar were frequent targets of Allied air raids.

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Zwolle - Buitensociëteit

Zwolle

In October 1944, some 1,200 prisoners from Camp Amersfoort were brought to Zwolle to dig trenches.

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