The student beret once belonging to Jettie Derksen (1916-2012), a student at the Catholic University of Nijmegen from 1934 to 1938, is the latest addition to the heritage collection of Radboud University.

After her graduation Jettie Derksen worked during the Second World War as an assistant to John Baptist Knipping, private teacher in Mediaeval Iconography and active in the resistance. Together they visited artists and Jewish friends at their safe houses. Jettie Derksen also helped people in resistance circles do their work

Radboud’s heritage collection has several student berets, there was no pre-war beret up to now. It isn’t known when Jettie Derksen wore her beret, but we do know that a beret was usually worn on official occasions such as an academic ceremony. On 28 October 2022, Saskia Boerma, one of Jettie Hill-Derksen’s relatives donated the beret to Daniël Wigboldus, the chair of the board of Radboud University.