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Bep Voskuijl was an employee of Otto Frank and one of the helpers of the people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Read her biography here.
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Bep Voskuijl was only 18 when she started working for the spice and jam company owned by Otto Frank. Within five years, she was “illegally” buying bread and milk for her Jewish friends in hiding and — just as important — giving them her sought-after company. Among other activities, the Frank sisters took correspondence courses in Voskuijl’s name, a...
Even during the early days of the war, the Voskuijl family faced trouble with Nelly. Not only was she carousing with German soldiers, but Nelly’s rowdy behavior earned her a stint in police custody. Later, when father Johan Voskuijl and sister Bep were involved in hiding Jews on the Prinsengracht, Nelly was working for the Nazis across town. In her...
At the time of Bep Voskuijl’s death in 1983, she was the least known of the four Dutch resisters who helped hide Anne Frank. After discovering some of the family’s long-held secrets, Van Wijk now believes there is an unsettling reason behind his mother’s relative “anonymity” among the helpers. In 1963, the SS officer who conducted the annex raid to...
In Joop van Wijk’s psychological “diagnosis” of his late mother Bep Voskuijl, she spent her post-war life “being her own therapist” in a “kind of conversation with her alter ego. But soon, it proved she was unable to resolve things that way.” One day during his youth, Van Wijk heard his mother sobbing in the bathroom. He found Voskuijl “in a desper...
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That same year, Bep met with Queen Juliana at the Dutch premiere of the Hollywood film The Diary of Anne Frank by George Stevens. In a letter to Otto Frank, Bep admitted she would much prefer to "distance herself from everything (...).
Jun 9, 2023 · Bep Voskuijl with her husband and eldest son in 1949. Photo: Courtesy of the van Wijk-Voskuijl family. We may earn a commission if you buy something from any affiliate links on our site. When I...
Bep Voskuijl, who was not questioned by the PRA in 1948, said when asked in 1963 that a man holding a gun came into the office. She presumed that at least five SD men must have been present,
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Jun 13, 2023 · Anne Frank and her family spent 761 days in hiding with the help of Bep Voskuijl who became Anne’s protector and closest confidante.
