Overview
- Description
- Contains photographs and birthday cards concerning a Jewish child in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hetty deLeeuwe
- Collection Creator
- Hetty d. deLeeuwe
- Biography
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Hetty de Leeuwe was born in Amsterdam in 1930. She survived the Holocaust in hiding with a Christian family in the Netherlands. She was reunited with her parents after the war and immigrated to the United States.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Birthday cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Found by Hetty deLeeuwe in her late mother's home, 1989, Holland. Donated to the USHMM in 1990 by Heddy deLeeuwe.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:27:49
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543380
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Also in Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe collection
Contains materials documenting the experiences of Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe and her family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Max Vierya baby book
Document
Contains one baby book created for Max Vierya (son of donor's cousin), born Jan 24, 1940 to Jacob and Selma de Wit Vierya, in the Netherlands.
Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe papers
Document
Collection consists of documents, correspondence, and photographs documenting the post-liberation experiences of Hetty D'Ancona de Leeuwe’s mother, Estella D'Ancona, who was interned in Westerbork and deported to numerous concentration camps including Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Lenzing sub-camp. Documents include Estella's efforts to return to the Netherlands. Pre-war and post-war photographs include images of Hetty D'Ancona, her father (who survived in hiding), and her mother. Documents were issued in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Austria.
