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Victor Kugler's birthplace Victor Kugler's birthplace was called Hohenelbe and at the time was part of Austria-Hungary. Now it is part of the Czech Republic and is called Vrchlabí. It lies at the foot of the Giant Mountains on the river Elbe. Location. Vrchlabí 50.6253 N 15.61231 E. Krkonošská 150. Vrchlabí. Trutnov. Tsjechië
Child: Johanna, 9 August 1927. Died: 28 January 1959. Johannes Kleiman was one of the helpers and Otto Frank’s right-hand man. It was Johannes, for instance, who came up with the plan of using the annex as a hiding place. To the people in hiding, his positivity and support were indispensable. Read the story of 'the cheerer-up'.
The day after the arrest of the people in hiding, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl walked through the rooms in the Secret Annex. They saw Anne's diaries lying around and took them to keep for her. In the Anne Frank Knowledge Base, the Anne Frank House collects all information about Anne Frank, her fellow hiders and helpers.
The helpers after the arrest. The arrest of helpers Victor Kugler and Jo Kleiman left the two companies Gies & Co and Opekta without directors. Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl took over with the help of warehouse manager Willem van Maaren. Kugler and Kleiman were held in the Amsterdam prison for one month. Then they were transferred to Camp Amersfoort.
Miep Gies is mainly known as the woman who saved Anne Frank's diary. She is one of the best-known helpers from World War II. She received countless letters from all over the world, with questions about Anne Frank and the period in hiding in the Secret Annex. These are the most frequently asked questions in an interview from 1992. Door Menno ...
Gertrud was one of the first friends in Germany with whom Otto Frank got in touch after the war. In 1949, Gertrud married Karl Trenz. She died in 2002 at the age of 85. [citation needed] Bernhard (Bernd) "Buddy" Elias was a cousin of Anne's who lived in Switzerland and a great favorite of hers.
The arrest of Otto Frank. On 4 August 1944, Otto Frank and the other people in hiding were arrested in a raid by the SD on the Secret Annex. Helpers Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler were also arrested. On 4 August 1944, an arrest team of Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst, (Sipo-SD) raided Prinsengracht 263 and the Secret Annex.
