By Staff
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
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
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
