Collection of the Kabinet van het Departement van Binnenlandse Zaken (Cabinet for Internal and Foreign Affairs) of the Netherlands, 1940-1944

Collection of the Kabinet van het Departement van Binnenlandse Zaken (Cabinet for Internal and Foreign Affairs) of the Netherlands, 1940-1944
 
 Dutchman Karel Johannes Frederiks was the secretary general of the German leadership in the Netherlands, the Afdeling Kabinet, during 1940-1945. In order to rescue some of the Jews in the Netherlands, Frederiks proposed to the Germans to administer a list of privileged Jews who would be permitted to reside in three designated areas in the Gelderland region; Frederiks, along with the secretary general of the Ministry of Education, composed lists of 675 Jews who were exempt from deportation, including many Jewish artists; the lists were called the Frederiks list and the van Dam list; the names of the three places of residence were Villa Bouchina in Doetinchem, De Schaffelaar Castle in Barneveld, and De Beizen house in Ede;
 
 The first group of Jews was moved to reside in De Schaffelaar Castle in Barneveld on 18/12/1942; the move of a group of Jews to Barneveld was stopped on 01/07/1943; the Barneveld camp group was gradually liquidated between 29/09-18/11/1943; in the end, all of the Jews were deported in the context of the transports of privileged Jews to Theresienstadt camp; most of the Jews on the Frederiks list survived;
 
 Included in the collection:
 
 Appeals to Karel Johannes Frederiks by Jews, in order to receive an exemption from deportation from the Netherlands; 
 Curriculum Vitae (CVs) of Jews;
 Correspondence between Jews and Commissaris-Generaal J. Frederiks, regarding Barneveld;
 Medical certificates written by physicians, regarding Jewish patients;
 Lists of Jews;
 CVs of Jews, attesting to their contribution to society;
 Appeals to Karel Johannes Frederiks by Jews, by means of Dutchmen and by means of Jewish lawyers.