Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Patriotic ribbon pin, worn by Hilda Zomer after Holland was liberated.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anna Margaret Binder
- Contributor
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Subject:
Hilda Zomer
- Biography
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Hilda Zomer (1914-2002, later Hilda Sietsema) was born on 16 February 1914 to a Christian family in Kollum, the Netherlands. Her father had three children with his first wife, who passed away. He remarried in 1906. He worked as a jeweler and watchmaker. Her older sister immigrated to the United States with her husband in 1922.
During the German occupation of the Netherlands, Hilda worked as a midwife and nurse. Her parents likely helped hide some Jewish students in their home. After the war, she worked in Indonesia with the Dutch Red Cross from 1948-1950. In October 1950 she travelled to Delevan, Wisconsin to visit her sister and work in a hospital. During her trip, she met and befriended Henrietta Sietsema, whom she visited in California. In California, she met Henrietta’s brother Gerrit, and they married in July 1951.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewelry
- Category
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Pins (Jewelry)
- Physical Description
- Orange, red, white and blue ribbon pin
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.362 inches (5.999 cm) | Width: 3.543 inches (8.999 cm) | Depth: 0.197 inches (0.5 cm)
- Materials
- overall : ribbon, metal, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Anna Margaret Binder, the paternal granddaughter of Pieterdina Sietsema.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 22:06:48
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The collection documents the wartime experiences of the Sietsema and Zomer families, originally from the Netherlands. Documents consist of two letters regarding the imprisonment of Pieterdina Sietsema and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta, all three American citizens, in Liebenau internment camp from 1942-1944. Objects consist of patriotic ribbon worn by Hilda Zomer after the Netherlands was liberated, and ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat, and 1 cluster of flowers.
Date: 1942-1944
Woven napkin ring
Object
Napkin ring, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven napkin ring
Object
Napkin ring, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven pin
Object
Round woven pin, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven hat pin
Object
Hatpin, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven hatpin
Object
Hatpin, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven miniature hat
Object
Woven miniature hat, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven pin
Object
Pin, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Woven bar pin
Object
Pin, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Cluster of flowers
Object
Cluster of flowers made of natural fibers, yarn and metal, one of ten "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
Sietsema family papers
Document
The collection consists of two letters regarding the imprisonment of Pieterdina Sietsema and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta, all three American citizens, in Liebenau internment camp from 1942-1944. The first is a personal letter sent from Liebenau from Katherine to her brother Gerrit in California on 8 July 1943. The second letter was sent to Pieterdina from the United States Department of State regarding promissory notes issued to cover repatriation costs for her and her daughters to return to the United States aboard the MS Gripsolm on 7 March 1944.
Woven box with cloth lining
Object
Woven box with cloth lining, one of ten woven "trinkets" made at Liebenau by Pieterdina and her daughters Katherine and Henrietta: box, 2 napkin rings, 2 round pins, 1 bar pin, 2 hat pins, 1 hat and 1 cluster of flowers. Pieterdina and her children moved from Oregon back to the Netherlands after her husband passed away. Although the family was not Jewish, Pieterdina and her daughters were incarcerated as American citizens in Liebenau. In 1944, they were part of a prisoner exchange for German POWs and the family returned to the United States on March 15, 1944.
