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Johannes Kleiman (17 August 1896 – 28 January 1959) was one of the Dutch residents who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In the published version of Frank's diary, Het Achterhuis, known in English as The Diary of a Young Girl, he is given the pseudonym Mr. Koophuis.
Johannes Kleiman was an employee of Otto Frank and one of the helpers of the eight people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Read his biography here.
He was the initiator of the hiding period in the Secret Annex, and was one of the helpers during the entire period. His name appears several times in Anne's diary. During the raid on 4 August 1944, Kleiman was also arrested and spent several weeks incarcerated.
Johannes Kleiman had a major role in commemorating Anne Frank and the other people in hiding between the end of World War II and his death in 1959. He was involved in the first publication of Anne Frank's diary in 1947.
Dec 18, 2008 · Johannes Kleiman. About Johannes. Joahnnes Kleiman was born on 17 August 1896 in Koog aan de Zaan, Holland. He married Johanna Reuman and they had a daughter, Corrie. Before...
Toward the end of September 1944, Johannes Kleiman suddenly returned. He had been released from the German prisoners' camp on account of his poor health. He immediately resumed the daily management of the company.
The arrest of the people in hiding. On 4 August 1944, an arrest team of Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst raided Prinsengracht 263 and the Secret Annex. All eight people in hiding and two helpers, Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler, were arrested. Event.
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