Caroline and Heleen were very young when their father, a sailor, perished with the sinking of the Slamat. This oral history interview, part of the Getuigen Verhalen collection, captures their personal testimony of living in Rotterdam during the bombings, moving to Amsterdam, and experiencing religious-based bullying. The interview was contributed by Zigma © to the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection and was last updated in October 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyzing personal trauma and loss narratives based on the account of losing a father in a maritime disaster.
- Studying civilian displacement and adaptation during wartime based on the family's move from Rotterdam to Amsterdam.
- Researching social integration and prejudice based on the description of religious-based bullying in a new neighborhood.
- Examining counterfactual family history based on the interviewees' feeling that their lives would have been different had their father survived.
Strengths
- Interview is part of the structured 'Getuigen Verhalen' (Witness Stories) oral history collection.
- Data is hosted and maintained by DANS, a trusted national data archive for social sciences and humanities.
- Metadata includes a specific last update timestamp of 2025-10-24 03:52:47.
Limitations
- The description is a narrative summary; the actual interview transcript or recording file format and structure are unknown.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection
- Collection Method
- Oral history interview, likely transcribed.
- Time Range
- World War II era (1940s), with recollection from later life.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-24 03:52:47; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Netherlands (Rotterdam, Amsterdam)
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