Tauber Holocaust Library
Guide to the Ilse Last-Mathis papers
1988.1072
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Tauber Holocaust Library
- Title
- Ilse Last-Mathis papers
- ID
- 1988.1072
- Date [inclusive]
- 1945-1947
- Extent
- 1.0 Folder(s)
- Language
- Multiple languages
- Language of Materials note
- Materials are in Dutch and English.
- Mixed materials [Folder]
- Archives Box 10
- Abstract
- The Ilse Last-Mathis collection documents the experience of a family of Dutch Jews under Nazi occupation and after the war ended. The collection includes material related to post-war reparation requests, as well as artifacts and a children’s booklet contrasting the behavior of Dutch citizens who co-operated with the Nazi occupation with those Dutch who resisted.
Preferred Citation note
Ilse Last-Mathis papers - 1988-1072, Tauber Holocaust Library - JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Ilse Mathis was born in Breslau, Germany on September 21, 1910. She was married to Jakob Last who was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1901. Their daughter Marianne was born on September 2, 1934 in Amsterdam. The family was living in Amsterdam when the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands began. During that period, Jakob Last was arrested by Nazi occupation forces; he died in Sobibor on May 21, 1943. Ilse Last-Mathis and her daughter Marianne were sheltered by Dutch friends and survived the Holocaust. Mrs. Last first cousin and the cousin’s husband lived in Reno, Nevada, where Mrs. Last and Marianne Last emigrated. No information on the experiences of the Lasts once in the United States is available.
Scope and Contents note
The collection is comprised of documents relating to the emigration of Ilse Last-Mathis and her daughter Marianne Last from Amsterdam to the United States. Two documents are certificates from the Beheersinstituut, the Dutch government body which acted as custodian of the property of enemies as well as of missing persons, nearly all of them Jews. Other documents include a certificate from the Chamber of Commerce and Factories for the North Netherlands and from the Population Registry of Amsterdam, as well as a document confirming the death of Jacob Last in Sobibor death camp. Also included are letters of support and recommendation for Ilse Last-Mathis. Materials are in Dutch and English.
Included in the collection is a Dutch-language booklet – Gek en Wijs - apparently written for children, which contrasts the behavior of Dutch citizens while under Nazi occupation. Published in 1945, the booklet compares those who collaborated or complied with German orders with those who resisted.
The collection also includes a yellow “Jood” star badge, issued to Jews under Nazi occupation.
This collection provides insight into the experiences of Jews living in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation and reflects the efforts of survivors to document their wartime experiences with official government bodies in order to gain restitution or to emigrate.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access for this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Last family
- Mathis family
Genre(s)
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Stars of David -- Netherlands
Geographic Name(s)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Subject(s)
- Anti-Nazi movement –- Amsterdam
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Amsterdam
- Jews -- Amsterdam
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Amsterday
Collection Inventory
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Telegram to Ilse Last Mathis from Netherlands Ambassador 1945 September 1 |
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Certificate from Nederlandsche Beheersinstituut, Amsterdam 1945 October 27 |
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Handelsregister te Amsterdam van de Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor Noordholland (Certificate from Chamber of Commerce and Factories for the North Netherlands) 1945 November 5 |
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Letter from Louis Dickens (husband to Ilse Last’s first cousin) affirming support for Mrs. Last and her daughter, 1946 August 29 |
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Letter of recommendation on behalf of Ilse Last-Mathis from Dr. J. Coops, Scheikundig laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1947 January 7 |
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Certificate from Nederlandsche Beheersinstituut, Amsterdam [response to her petition] 1947 Febuary 17 |
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Certificate from Bevolkinsregister, Amsterdam attesting to the death of Jakob Last in Sobibor on 21 May 1943 1947 June 5 |
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Certificate from Bevolkinsregister, Amsterdam attesting to the emigration of Mrs. Ilse Last Mathis and Marianne Last to Reno, Nevada 1947 July 12 |
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Gek en Wijs tydens Seyss [booklet] 1945 |
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Yellow fabric “Jood” star undated |
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