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- At the end of October 1942, Anne convinced her to spend a night in the Secret Annex, but Bep did not sleep a wink.
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At the end of October 1942, Anne convinced her to spend a night in the Secret Annex, but Bep did not sleep a wink. ‘To tell you the truth, I was terrified. Every time I heard a tree creaking in the October wind or a car driving along the canal, I grew afraid.
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The series’ creators, husband-and-wife duo Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, started working on the project six years ago after a visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Working with a local researcher, the couple set out to examine Gies’ life beyond her 1987 autobiography, Anne Frank Remembered, and a 1995 documentary of the same name. They discover...
Born into an impoverished Catholic family in Vienna in 1909, Gies was originally named Hermine Santrouschitz. As a child, she was severely malnourished due to lack of money and food shortages associated with World War I. Hoping to secure a better life for their daughter, Gies’ parents sent her abroad to the Netherlands as part of a programfor child...
On July 5, Margot received orders to report to a forced labor camp, prompting Otto to accelerate the plan to go into hiding in Otto’s office building at Prinsengracht 263. Tucked behind a door that was later covered by a bookcase, the hiding placeconsisted of two small bedrooms, a common space that doubled as a kitchen during the day and a bedroom ...
The months that followed the arrest brought fuel and food shortages, resulting in a famine known as the Hunger Winter. But the end of the war was on the horizon, and the Allies liberated Amsterdam in May 1945. Jan started working at an aid center for those returning from concentration camps, keeping an ear out for news of their friends. But he hear...
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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. Join Bep’s son Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl and journalist Jeroen De Bruyn, authors of the new book The Last Secret Of The Secret Annex, for a conversation with journalist Kati Marton, author of The Chancellor, about Bep’s relationship with the Franks, the burden ...
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After the betrayal and after the war. Prinsengracht 263, May 1941, with (from left to right) Victor Kugler, Bep Voskuijl Miep Gies & 2 staff members. During the period that the families Frank and Van Pels were in hiding, Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman ran Otto Frank's company. Otto Frank advised them from the Secret Annex, and in that way ...
Bep Voskuijl was an office worker at Opekta and one of the helpers of the people in hiding in the Secret Annex. Person. Thelma van Breemen Thelma van Breemen was a classical pianist. Person. Events (1) Bep Voskuijl attends a piano concert in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam March 14, 1944 In March 1944, Bep Voskuijl attended two concerts in the ...
At the time of Bep's birth, the Voskuijl family lived at 50 III Reinwardtstraat. In 1924 the family moved to Hilversum and returned to Amsterdam shortly before Bep's seventh birthday. During the war years Bep lived at Lumeijstraat 18 II, except for the period July '41 — May '43.
Died: 27 November 1945. Shortly after moving into the Secret Annex, the people in hiding decided to take Johan Voskuijl into their confidence, alone among the warehouse employees. Before long, he became a great help to them. ‘He is as helpful as can be’, Anne wrote on 21 August 1942. Johan was Bep's father.
