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Title: Betty-Prins Haytt Papers, 1900-1945

Predominant Dates:1939 -- 1945

ID: RG-51/RG-51

Primary Creator: Prins-Hyatt, Betty

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Subjects: Antwerp (Belgium), Belgium (1939-1945), Betty Prins-Hyatt, postwar visit to France, meeting with the family of aid-givers, Carcassonne (France), Carcassonne Prison (Carcassonne, France), Communications with the families of aid-givers, postwar, Correspondence from a French prison, Nathaniel Prins, 1943, Correspondence from Lisbon to France, 1941 -- 1944, Correspondence from prisons in France, 1940 -- 1944, Deportation of Jews from France, 1940 -- 1944, Documents in Dutch language, Documents in English language, Documents in French language, Drancy internment camp (Paris, France), Emigration from Nazi Germany, Esther Prins, mother of Betty Hyatt, False identity papers, Family history, Hyatt, Family history documents, family photographs, Flight from German-occupied Belgium, Food coupons sheets, France, 1942 -- 1944, France (1940 -- 1945), France (1945--Present), Holocaust in France, Jewish refugees in France, Lamastre (France), Mr. Chambron from Lamastre, France, aid giver, Nathaniel Prins, deportation to Drance and to Auschwitz, Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Hyatt, Officials, French, Passports, Dutch, Postwar visits of the Holocaust milieu, Prins Family, Belgium, Rationing of food, France, 1942 -- 1944, Rescue and aid in France, 1940 -- 1944, Rescue and aid in the Holocaust, Rescue and aid rendered to Jews in Lamastre, France, Resistance, France, The Netherlands (1940--1945), Vichy France (1942 -- 1944), Vichy France, 1940 -- 1942, Wedding photographs

Languages: Dutch;Flemish, French, English

Abstract

This Collection relates to the Holocaust-related story of rescue and aid rendered to Jews in Southern France in 1942 -- 1944

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes documents from the period of 1940 -1944, when the family of Betty Hyatt found refuge in southern France. These documents comprise family documents and photographs, official documents and document related to to the Holocaust-related rescue and aid rendered to the families of Jewish immigrants in Southern France in 1942 -- 1944

Collection Historical Note

The Hyatt family of Antwerp, Belgium secured passage to a Dutch protectorate Surinam via Marseille, France. Owing to unfavorable conditions they were unable to realize their visas and remained in Vichy France. They settled in Lamastre, a village in southern France.

Nathaniel Prins, the father of Betty was informed by the French Resistance of the German plans to round up all non-French residents of the village. The French Resistance provided Nathaniel Prins with false papers allowing him to work and live in Pyrenees Mountains. While living in the Mountains German police arrested him on the accusation of posing under false identity (French).

With the help of the villagers, Betty’s mother had collected money to get her husband released, and they released him from a local prison. His freedom, indeed, did not last long, for the very same day the Gestapo arrested him, as a Jew. They deported him to the Drancy transit camp and then to Auschwitz. Nathaniel Prins did not survive Auschwitz.

The local neighbors remained sympathetic to Betty and her mother, especially Mr. Chambron. Nathaniel Prins in prison wrote a letter addressed to Mr. Chambron, adding a postscript in pencil while awaiting deportation to Drancy. Mr. Chambron had received this letter and since then kept in his house.

In 1976, the daughter of Mr. Chambron, while on the visit to Los Angeles, gave this letter to Ms. Prins-Hyatt, the daughter.

RG-51.01.01, Esther Prins (mother of Betty Prins-Hyatt passport) issued in the Netherlands with the marks of entering and living in France in 1942

RG-51.01.02, Food rationing stamps on two pages

RG-51.01.03, Letter from mayoral office of Lamastre certifying arrest and deportation of Nathan Prins

RG-51.01.04, Letter of Nathaniel Prins from prison dated 31 January 1943

RG-51.01.05, Postcard, Lisbon 1

RG-51.01.06, Postcard, Lisbon

RG-51.01.07, Provenance text written by Ms. Prins-Hyatt

RG-51.01.08, Wedding photograph, Nathaniel Prins and Esther Prins, the parents of Betty Prins-Hyatt

Subject/Index Terms

Antwerp (Belgium)
Belgium (1939-1945)
Betty Prins-Hyatt, postwar visit to France, meeting with the family of aid-givers
Carcassonne (France)
Carcassonne Prison (Carcassonne, France)
Communications with the families of aid-givers, postwar
Correspondence from a French prison, Nathaniel Prins, 1943
Correspondence from Lisbon to France, 1941 -- 1944
Correspondence from prisons in France, 1940 -- 1944
Deportation of Jews from France, 1940 -- 1944
Documents in Dutch language
Documents in English language
Documents in French language
Drancy internment camp (Paris, France)
Emigration from Nazi Germany
Esther Prins, mother of Betty Hyatt
False identity papers
Family history, Hyatt
Family history documents
family photographs
Flight from German-occupied Belgium
Food coupons sheets, France, 1942 -- 1944
France (1940 -- 1945)
France (1945--Present)
Holocaust in France
Jewish refugees in France
Lamastre (France)
Mr. Chambron from Lamastre, France, aid giver
Nathaniel Prins, deportation to Drance and to Auschwitz
Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Hyatt
Officials, French
Passports, Dutch
Postwar visits of the Holocaust milieu
Prins Family, Belgium
Rationing of food, France, 1942 -- 1944
Rescue and aid in France, 1940 -- 1944
Rescue and aid in the Holocaust
Rescue and aid rendered to Jews in Lamastre, France
Resistance, France
The Netherlands (1940--1945)
Vichy France (1942 -- 1944)
Vichy France, 1940 -- 1942
Wedding photographs

Box and Folder Listing

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-51.01.01, Esther Prins (mother of Betty Prins-Hyatt passport) issued in the Netherlands with the marks of entering and living in France in 1942, 1942

The Dutch Passport issued to Esther Prins, mother of Betty Prins-Hyatt, 1942

Subject/Index Terms:: Esther Prins, mother of Betty Hyatt; Passports, Dutch; Netherlands (1940 -- 1945); Emigration from the Netherlands to France, 1940 -- 1944; Prins Family, Belgium; Documents in Dutch language; France (1940 -- 1945)

Creators:: The Netherlands Consular Authorities (1940 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-51.01.02, Food rationing stamps, France, 1940 -- 1944

Food rationing sheets, France, 1940 -- 1945

Subject/Index Terms:: Rationing of food, France, 1942 -- 1944; Food coupons sheets, France, 1942 -- 1944; France (1940 -- 1945); Lamastre (France); Prins Family, Belgium; Prins Family in France, 1942 -- 1944; Life under false identity; Life under false identity, France, 1940 -- 1944; Prins-Hyatt, Betty; Esther Prins, mother of Betty Hyatt; Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Hyatt; Documents in French language

Creators:: Vichy France authorities of interior, 1942 -- 1944 (1942 -- 1944)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-51.01.03, Letter from mayoral office of Lamastre certifying arrest and deportation of Nathan Prins, 1945

In this letter, the Mayor of Lamastre, France, informs about the fate of Nathaniel Princ, father of Betty Prins-Hyatt.

Nathaniel Prins lived in southern France under false identity. He was arrested by Gestapo in 1943 and deported to the Drancy internment camp in Paris. From Drancy he was deported to Auschwitz. He did not survive.

Subject/Index Terms:: Holocaust in France; Lamastre (France); Officials, French; Vichy France (1942 -- 1944); Life under false identity, France, 1940 -- 1944; Deportations from the Drancy internment camp, France; Drancy internment camp (Paris, France); Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Complex of concentration and extermination camps; Police and security forces, French; German Police and Security forces, 1939 --1945; German police and security forces in France, 1940 -- 1944; Rescue and aid rendered to Jews in Lamastre, France; French people, aiding Jews, 1940 -- 1944; Correspondence from France, 1940 -- 1945; Correspondence from France to the United States; France (1940 -- 1945); Documents in French language

Creators:: Mayor of Lamastre, France (1945); Officials, French (1940 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-51.01.04, Letter of Nathaniel Prins from prison dated 31 January 1943, January 1943

This letter Nathaniel Prins wrote from the prison in Carcassonne, France to the Chambron Family, asking to pass it to his wife, Esther Prins, January 1943

Subject/Index Terms:: Correspondence from a French prison, Nathaniel Prins, 1943; Correspondence from prisons in France, 1940 -- 1944; Carcassonne (France); Carcassonne Prison (Carcassonne, France); Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Hyatt; Chambron Family from Lamastre, France, aid givers; Arrests of Jews in Vichy France, 1942 -- 1944; Personal correspondence; Nathaniel Prins, personal correspondence; Courage and dignity; Courage and dignity, Nathaniel Prins; Vichy France (1942 -- 1944); Documents in French language

Creators:: Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Prins-Hyatt

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-51.01.05, Postcard, Lisbon, ca 1941, ca 1941

Postcard, Lisbon, ca 1941

Subject/Index Terms:: Personal correspondence; Personal correspondence in France; Vichy France (1942 -- 1944); France (1940 -- 1945); Prins Family in France, 1942 -- 1944; Lisbon (Portugal); Lamastre (France); Family history, Prins; Documents in French language

Creators:: Betty Prins-Hyatt (1930s -- 1990s)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-51.01.06, Postcard, Lisbon, May 1941, 1941

Correspondence from Lisbon to Lamastre, France, May 1941

Subject/Index Terms:: Personal correspondence; Correspondence from prisons in France, 1940 -- 1944; Vichy France (1942 -- 1944); France (1940 -- 1945); Family history, Prins; Lisbon (Portugal); Lamastre (France); Documents in French language

Creators:: Betty Prins-Hyatt (1930s -- 1990s)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-51.01.07, Biogrraphical ntoes witten by Betty Prins-Hyatt, 1970s

Biographical notes and family history, narrated by Betty Prins-Hyatt

Subject/Index Terms:: Family history, Prins; Prins-Hyatt, Betty; Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Hyatt; Esther Prins, mother of Betty Hyatt; Flight from Belgium, May 1940; Marseilles (France); Vichy France, 1940 -- 1942; Vichy France (1942 -- 1944); Jewish refugees in France; Jewish refugees in Vichy France; Rescue and aid in France, 1940 -- 1944; French Resistance Movement, 1940 -- 1944; Mr. Chambron from Lamastre, France, aid giver; Chambron Family from Lamastre, France, aid givers; Correspondence from a French prison, Nathaniel Prins, 1943; Carcassonne Prison (Carcassonne, France); Drancy internment camp (Paris, France); Deportations from the Drancy internment camp, France; Auschwitz Complex of concentration camps (Poland); Postwar visits of the Holocaust milieu; Betty Prins-Hyatt, postwar visit to France, meeting with the family of aid-givers; Documents in English language; Personal memoirs and recollections; Personal memoirs and recollections, Betty Prins-Hyatt; The letter written by Nathaniel Prins to his family, Carcassone Prisone, Farnce, 1943; Correspondence in French language

Creators:: Betty Prins-Hyatt (1930s -- 1990s)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-51.01.08, Wedding photograph, Nathaniel Prins and Esther Prins, the parents of Betty Prins-Hyatt, ca 1930s

A wedding photograph of Nathaniel and Esther Prins, ca 1930s

Subject/Index Terms:: Family history, Prins; family photographs; Family photographs, Prins family; Nathaniel Prins, father of Betty Hyatt; Esther Prins, mother of Betty Hyatt; Wedding photographs; Wedding photographs, Prins Family; Belgium (1918 --1940); The Netherlands (1918--1940); Poland (1918--1939); France (1940 -- 1945)

Creators:: Prisn Family (1930s)