Record Groups
Metadata
Collection |
Edel Thompson Papers |
Object Name |
Collection |
Catalog Number |
RG-276 |
Dates of Creation |
2007 - 2009 |
Extent of Description |
0.2 linear feet (1 box) |
Admin/Biographical History |
Edel Thompson (née Holm) was born on January 2, 1932 on Samsø Island in Denmark. In 1940, the Nazis occupied Denmark, and Edel remembers rationing and mining of the waters making travel between islands difficult. Edel's brother in law, Torben Albertus, along with his brothers, Svend Erik Albertus and John Gordon Isberg, were active in the Danish Resistance, smuggling guns and ammunition. In 1943, when the Nazis ordered Danish Jews deported, the Resistance helped to hide and smuggle Jews out of Denmark to Sweden. Danish representatives did not forget the Jews that had been deported, going so far as to send a delegation to Theresienstadt. Edel moved to the United States in 1963 with her first husband. |
Copyrights |
No restrictions on use. |
Language of Material |
English and Danish. |
Scope & Content |
The Edel Thompson Papers focus primarily on the experiences of Danish Jews during World War II. These papers include personal reminiscences and articles. Folder 1 contains a summary of an oral history conducted with Edel in 2007. Folder 2 has two articles from a Samsø newsletter about Herman Hirsch Becker, a Norwegian Jew who flew for the RAF in WWII and whose plane was shot down off the coast of Samsø Island. |
Subjects |
Ballen, Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Theresienstadt (Ghetto) Danish Resistance |