Dirk Folmer
Dirk Folmer can be seen together with Anne Frank in a photo taken at Het Kinderhuisje in Laren.
Person
Dirk (Dick or DIckie) Folmer was the son of the ballet dancer Gerie Folmer and the Italian opera singer Luigi Balzan. Because his mother wanted to continue her profession, she brought Dirk and his sister Paola to stay with Mrs. Lohman for a few years in Het Kinderhuisje ('The Children's House') in Laren..[1] In 1938, pictures were taken at the Kinderhuisje where Dirk can be seen in a group together with Anne Frank.[2] When this institution moved to Hilversum in 1939, Dirk and his sister moved with it.[3] During the years that he lived in Het Kinderhuisje, he exchanged letters and postcards with his mother and other family members..[4]
In the autumn of 1940, Gerie Folmer married a doctor from Amsterdam, with whom she moved in with her children..[5]
Dirk first attended the Gooische School in Laren and then the Public Primary School No. 8 in Hilversum.[6] Later he became a psychiatrist. From 1973 until his death in 1980, he worked at Het Bloemendaal, a Christian Psychiatric Centre in The Hague.[7]
Source personal data.[8] Addresses: Van der Schellingstraat 44, Rotterdam; Drift 27, Laren (sept. 1937);[9] ’s Gravelandseweg 132, Hilversum;[3]Prinsengracht 554, Amsterdam (1941).[10]
Footnotes
- ^ Mededeling M.L. Folmer tijdens bezoek aan de Anne Frank Stichting, 13 maart 2014.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, foto’s 4050_14 en 4050_15.
- a, b “Bevolkingsopgaven Laren”, Laarder Courant de Bel, 27 oktober 1939.
- ^ Privébezit M.L. Folmer: Brieven en ansichtkaarten van en aan Dirk Folmer, 1937-1940
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart C. Eggink (1889).
- ^ Privébezit M.L. Folmer: rapporten 1937-’38 (Gooische School) en 1940-’41 (No. 8).
- ^ Overlijdensbericht, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 29 mei 1980.
- ^ Stadsarchief Rotterdam (SAR), Rotterdamse Gezinskaarten (1880-1941): Gezinskaart G.L. Folmer (1901); Familiebericht, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 27 mei 1980.
- ^ SAR, Rotterdamse Gezinskaarten (1880-1941): Gezinskaart G.L. Folmer (1901).
- ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart C. Eggink (1889). Het jaartal 1941 is te ontlenen aan de combinatie van een verjaardagskaart getekend “3/10” en het rapport voor 1940-’41 van OLS No. 8 in Hilversum.