About the collection.

Every collection starts with a certain interest or fascination for history. Such a collection usually starts small but expands over the years and it gets bigger and bigger. Where most people may feed this interest in books alone, the tangible memory for the collector is something that brings him closer to history. To clarify: One can read a book about a certain historical subject that may explain a lot, but will still be confined in the image that belongs to it. After all , the image one forms is shaped by one's own imagination. One was not there when it happened. 

A collector searches this image in the items he collects. Whether this is a helmet, a photograph, a canteen or a personal identification document. All these items shed some light over that specific period of time that was. And that is exactly how this collection started. After years of taking an interest in world war two in general and the asociated collectibles with it,  I changed course to local history of the Dutch military mobilisation and the second world war: That of the city of Dordrecht and it's surroundings. 

Multiple original photographs found there way to the collection, and then photoalbums and documents. And even some local newspapers from Dordrecht from 1940. Research was done ( From a hobbyistic point of view so to speak)  in these objects and the right story was added to it. 
The basis for this website was laid. 

The need for a website.
As mentioned before, the collection grew and with it, the thought there might be more in it.  The idea came to share this collection with every one interested. It would be a waste, not to share this history with anyone. After all, history belongs to all. Thus this "digital museum" was created. First as a Facebook Page. But soon it turned out such kind of platform was not very suitable for the intended purposes. A website turned out to be more suitable. The result, you will find here. 

This website is only intended as a platform to share a private collection. We are no museum or a historic institution. However we do aspire to make the descriptions and background information with the shown items as accurate as possible. We use historic sources which we will mention. In case you suspect some information is not right or you have additional information about the shown items, we would be happy to know. 

In conclusion. 

Collecting, as most hobby's or interests is not cheap. The interest in collecting historic objects for a personal collection is one shared by many. Unfortunally, there are people who copy material and sell it as originals and make a lot of money in the process. They do this for example by using scans of original photographs that are placed on the internet by collectors with the best intentionts. The scans are printed on old photopaper and sold als originals. 

To summarise, this could be interpreted as historic falsefication in the form of reproduction. Dordrecht in the war does not want to be a part of such reproduction and feels forced to use countermeasures. The photographs on this website will feature a watermark to protect them from being copied. We try to make this as less disturbing as possible for the total image. We ask you for your understanding. 
We also want to make clear that the content on this page is not to be shared, duplicated or publiced withouth empathic permission of Dordrecht in the war, being this website. 

We hope your visit to this website will be educational and positive. 

 

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