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Collection of Letters in German Telling the History of the Rosenberg Family and the War - Fascinating
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Collection of Letters in German Telling the History of the Rosenberg Family and the War - Fascinating
The collection includes two parts:
A. Collection of 15 historical letters sent to the members of the Rosenberg family. The first item in the collection is from 1939. The historical background of these letters is the "Transfer Agreement" that was signed in August 1933 between Germany, which wanted to get rid of its Jews, and Zionist bodies. The last letter from the mother, Mathilda, was written on the official stationery of the international Red Cross and was sent on 26.6.1942 from the Holbeckshof camp near Essen.
B. Three fascinating letters from the years after the War – December 1945 and January 1946. The letters refer to events in South-East Asia, in the area of Indonesia, where two members of the family – Hans and Arthur Rosenberg – were. The two had been captured by the Japanese (which were allies of the Germans).
The most interesting letter is from Hans Rosenberg, who was staying in Bandoeng, from 14.12.1945. He recalls the chronology of events: how Arthur was captured in Java, his father's death, the opportunity he received to visit Arthur at the POW camp, and how he smuggled a letter to Arthur with the help of an Indonesian. About the way he himself was captured, he writes: "I had been captured since I had not registered with the Japanese as a German, but as a person without citizenship, as did my parents". (That is, his registering as a German would have helped him despite his being a Jew; however, he did not want to register as a German). He continues to recall that from September 1945, he worked for the RAPWI – rehabilitation of prisoners of the Allies. During that same month, he took his mother from the Batavia camp. On October 20, he received the announcement about Arthur's death. He asks the receiver of the letter not to mention this in his response, since his mother does not know yet about Arthur's death. He adds information about other relatives in Indonesia. At the end of the letter there is an addition of a Dutch official confirming that Hans Rosenberg should not be considered an enemy (despite being a German citizen).
