Overview
- Description
- Consists of four pre-war photographs of the De Wilde family who lived in hiding in Friesland, Netherands during the Holocaust.
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1938
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jolene Sonnheim
- Collection Creator
- Jolene Sonnheim
- Biography
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Jolene (Jolijn) de Wilde Sonnheim is the child of Louis de Wilde, born May 17, 1906, in Amsterdam, and Alida Roza (Ada) Bollegraf, born June 22, 1906. Jolene and her sister, Marthi, lived in hiding in Freistand, Netherlands, from 1940-1945. They were protected during this time by Hielke and Herder Brouwer, who were honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985. Her parents also lived in hiding during the war. Her father died March 28, 1987 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland; her mother died August 1997 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Jolene Sonnheim
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Friesland (Netherlands)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Jolene De Wilde Sonnheim.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-26 15:07:12
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41664
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Also in Jolene Sonnheim collection
The collection consists of an artifact and photographs relating to the experience of Jolene De Wilde and her family in the Netherlands before and during the Holocaust when they lived in hiding.
Date: 1936-1945
Baby doll with handknit 2-piece outfit recovered by a hidden child after the war
Object
Doll with handmade top and leggings that belonged to Jolene de Wilde when she was a child. The doll was kept by a neighbor while the de Wilde family lived in hiding in Friesland, Netherlands, from ca. 1941-1945. Jolene and her sister were placed in hiding with a non-Jewish couple, Hielke and Herder Brouwer, who were honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985.
