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Postcard from Celine Cassutto to Adolphe Dikker

Document | Accession Number: 2015.35.1

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.

Date
creation:  1944
Language
English
Genre/Form
Postcards.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dale Dikker

About This Document

Document Creator
Adolphe Dikker
Biography
Adolphe Dikker was a Dutch civilian imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp in Java during World War II. He and his wife Rachael lived in Ascot Vale, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, after the war.

Keywords and Subjects

Topical Term
Prisoners.
Geographic Name
Indonesia.
Personal Name
Cassutto, Celine.
Dikker, Adolphe.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Dale Dikker, grandson of Adolphe and Rachael Dikker.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-04-14 13:22:36
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Also in Adolphe and Raechel Dikker collection

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.

Pillowcase embroidered with scenes of camp life owned by a Dutch civilian held in a Japanese internment camp

Pillowcase embroidered with scenes of camp life owned by a Dutch civilian held in a Japanese internment camp

Object

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.

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