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Inventory of the Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins Photographs, 1938-2000
Inventory of the Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins Photographs, 1938-2000
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | Pre- and post-World War II photographs of Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins, a Dutch Jew born in 1938 in Bussum, Netherlands, who, as a child, was hidden during World War II. Photographs show Krant and her family and friends in the Netherlands, including her grandparents, parents, and other family members. |
| Title: | Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins photographs |
| Creator: | Adkins, Dientje Krant Kalisky, 1938- |
| Date(s): | 1938-2000 |
| Extent: | 0.1 linear feet (2 folders) |
| Repository: | Jewish Heritage Collection, Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu |
| Call Number: | Mss 1065-017 |
Biographical Note
Dientje Krant was born on May 20, 1938, in Bussum, Netherlands, to Evaline Hamel and Phillip Krant. Her family's home was located over the clothing store owned by her father, uncle, and grandfather. In 1942, she and her family were forced to go into hiding in Amsterdam to avoid deportation by the Nazis. Krant talked openly about being Jewish while in hiding. Her parents, concerned for everyone's safety, placed her in a children's home in Bussum.
Krant was taken out of the children's home and hidden with a nun at the recommendation of a man who hid Jews for money. The nun and her brother abused Krant, who was forced to live in a closet. Krant stayed with the nun from February 1943 until May 5, 1945, when Bussum was liberated and her parents were able to reclaim her. While vacationing in Germany as a young woman, Krant met Leonard Kalisky, a U.S. serviceman stationed in Germany. They married in Bussum in 1963 and settled in Charleston, South Carolina, near Kalisky's hometown of Kingstree.
Collection Overview
Pre- and post-war photographs of Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins, a Dutch Jew born in 1938 in Bussum, Netherlands, who, as a child, was hidden during World War II. Pre-war photographs show Krant and her family and friends in the Netherlands, including her grandparents, parents, and other family members. Post-war photographs show Krant with her siblings, cousins, children, and other family members in the Netherlands and Charleston, South Carolina. Also includes a photograph of one of the women who hid her during the war.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are descibed at the folder level.
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.Names
- Adkins, Dientje Krant Kalisky, 1938-
Subjects
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust survivors--Netherlands
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities
Places
- Bussum (Netherlands)
Types of Material
- Digital images
- Black-and-white negatives
- Photographs
- Black-and-white slides
Related Resources
Related Material
Related materials in College of Charleston Special Collections include a 1997 oral history interview with Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins (Mss 1035-145), a 1992 videotaped interview with Adkins in South Carolina Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust (Mss 1070 and D804.3 .S34 1992), and a 2002 videotaped interview with Adkins in For Every Person There is a Name (D804.3 .F68 2002).
Inventory
Pre-war photographs of Dientje Krant and family members, including her grandparents and parents, in the Dutch cities of Bussum, Hilversum, and Amsterdam. Post-war photographs show Krant, her mother, siblings, cousins, and friends in the Netherlands, as well as with her children in Charleston, South Carolina. Other photographs show her closest childhood friend prior to 1942 and one of the women who hid her during the war.
Negatives and slides of the photographs in folder 1. Also includes negatives and slides of Krant's first walking shoes, which were saved by her maternal grandmother and given to her as a wedding present in 1963. Digital images on DVD are also included.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins photographs, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2000 by Dientje Krant Kalisky Adkins.
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproduction available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Rebecca McClure, August 2011.
Encoded by Rebecca McClure, December 2011.
Reviewed and uploaded by Martha McTear, January 2012.
Link to digital library added by Martha McTear, July 2013.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
