Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Embroidered pillowcase owned by Adolphe and Raechel Dikker during World War II when Adolphe, a Dutch civilian, was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in Java. The pillowcase decorations depict scenes of camp life.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dale Dikker
Physical Details
- Language
- Javanese
- Classification
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Furnishings and Furniture
- Category
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Household linens
- Object Type
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Pillowcases (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- White cotton pillowcase embroidered on 1 side with a scene of women waiting in line for food, captioned "Tanah Tinggi"; The other side has an embroidered scene of a barracks interior with bunk beds, a woman washing, and people lined up against a wall of cell doors, captioned "Tangerang."
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 19.750 inches (50.165 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, thread
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pillowcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Dale Dikker, the grandson of Adolphe and Rachael Dikker.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn98156
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The collection consists of a postcard and a pillowcase relating to the experiences of Adolphe and Raechel Dikker during World War II when Adolphe, a Dutch civilian, was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in Java.
Date: approximately 1945
Postcard from Celine Cassutto to Adolphe Dikker
Document
Contains a postcard sent from Celine Cassutto in New York City via Prisoner of War Post to Civilian Internee Adolphe Dikker, a Dutch Civilian Internee held by Japanese authorities in an internment camp in Java.
