[Diary of an imprisoned female Dutch Nazi collaborator] /
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Dutch |
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| Item Description: | Title supplied by cataloger from vendor's description. Text written in pencil or ink. "This is an illustrated diary kept by a Dutch woman named Sammeke who was imprisoned after World War II for her role as a collaborator with the German occupation of the Netherlands during the war. The diary, which we had translated, covers April 9 to July 1, 1946. The author (who signs some entries as "Sam" or "Sammy") was likeley a member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB). She was held at Beugelen, which was a concentration camp during the war and used and an internment camp for NSB sympathizers from 1946 to 1951. The diary provides intimate glimpses into life at the prison. A standaout feature fo the diary is 22 pages with illustrations. Nearly all of the drawings show a combination of flowers, birds, sun, clouods, and sky, and accompany Sam's comments on the weather. There are dried pressed flowers adhered fo four pages. The diary also includes a few original poems."--Condensed from vendor's description. Burlap prisoner identification patch laid in. |
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| Physical Description: | 68 leaves, 130 handwritten pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm |