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The Jewish Lyceum was located in the school building in Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter. This school was meants exclusively for Jewish students and teachers, who were no longer allowed in non-Jewish schools. Location. Amsterdam. 52.361351 N 4.90487 E. Voormalige Stadstimmertuinen 1. Amsterdam. Nederland.
Anne Frank attended the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam from the beginning of the 1941-1942 school year until she had to go into hiding on 6 July 1942. After sixth grade, Anne was actually supposed to stay at the 6th Montessori school for a seventh year, but due to anti-Jewish measures, she had to be transferred to a Jewish primary Montessori school.
Anne Frank at the Joods Lyceum, Amsterdam. December 1941. Photo collection: Anne Frank House. In September 1941, two new Jewish schools for all Jewish children from the area are established in the building of Margot Frank's old primary school, the Vondelschool or Jekerschool.
After the summer holidays in 1941, Anne learned that she would no longer be allowed to go to the Montessori School, as Jewish children had to attend Jewish schools. From then on Anne, like her sister Margot, went to the Jewish Lyceum [ nl] ( Joods Lyceum ), [29] an exclusive Jewish secondary school in Amsterdam opened in September 1941. [30]
From May 1940 onwards, the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. The antisemitic measures increasingly restricted the lives of Jews in the Netherlands. After the summer break of 1941, Margot had to leave the Lyceum for Girls and transfer to the Jewish Lyceum.
Anne Frank met Jacqueline van Maarsen at the Jewish Lyceum. Event. Oct. 15, 1941. 52.361351 N 4.90487 E. Voormalige Stadstimmertuinen 1. Amsterdam. Nederland. After many initial problems, classes at the forcibly founded Jewish Lyceum started on 15 October 1941. [1] Anne was assigned to class 1L2.
At the Jewish Lyceum, Margot displayed the studiousness and intelligence which had made her excel at her previous schools, and was remembered by former pupils as virtuous, reserved, and very obedient. Margot had a large circle of friends and enjoyed rowing and playing tennis in her spare time.
