Paola Folmer
Paola Folmer can be seen with Anne Frank in photos that were taken at Het Kinderhuisje in Laren.
Person
Paola Folmer was the daughter of the Dutch ballet dancer Gerie Folmer (1901-1983) and the Italian opera singer Luigi Balzan. Since Paola’s mother wanted to continue with her profession, she and her brother Dirk spent several years in the care of Mrs Lohman in Het Kinderhuisje in Laren.[1] In 1938 several photos were taken at Het Kinderhuisje, in which Paola can be seen with Anne Frank and others.[2] When this institution was relocated to Hilversum in 1939, Paola and her brother also moved.[3] During the years that she lived in Het Kinderhuisje, she wrote letters to her mother.[4] In the autumn of 1940 Gerie Folmer married a doctor from Amsterdam, and the children went to live with them.[5]
Paola later married a Brit and emigrated to England. After the death of her mother, she came across the photos from 1938.[6]
Source personal data.[7] Addresses: Van der Schellingstraat 44, Rotterdam; Drift 27, Laren (Sep 1937);[7] ’s Gravelandseweg 132, Hilversum;[3] Prinsengracht 554, Amsterdam (1941).[8]
Footnotes
- ^ Mededeling M.L. Folmer tijdens bezoek aan 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 Paola Folmer, 1937-1940.
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart C. Eggink (1889).
- ^ “Zeldzame foto’s Anne Frank”, Brabants Dagblad, 14 november 1987.
- a, b Stadsarchief Rotterdam, 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.