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Born on: 15 January 1892. Son to: Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl and Elizabeth Voskuijl-Hoenson. Married to: Christina Voskuijl-Sodenkamp. Children: Elisabeth (Bep), Johanna Christina, Hendrika Petronella, Cornelia Margaretha, Johannes Hendrik, Dina, Gerda, and Wilhelmina. Died: 27 November 1945.
Daughter to: Johan Voskuijl and Christina Voskuijl-Sodenkamp. Sister to: Johanna Christina, Hendrika Petronella, Cornelia Margaretha, Johannes Hendrik, Dina, Gerda, and Wilhelmina. Married to: Cor van Wijk, 15 May 1946. Children: Between 1947 and 1960, Bep had three sons and a daughter. Died: 11 May 1983.
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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...
Jun 9, 2023 · In an essay adapted from his recent book, “The Last Secret of the Secret Annex,” Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl recalls the long shadow of Anne Frank’s death on his mother, Bep—and Bep’s...
Apr 26, 2023 · Miep Gies' husband, Jan, and Bep Voskuijl's father, Johan, were also instrumental in helping. Partially as a result of his contacts at the municipality, Jan was able to secure ration cards. Johan built the swiveling bookcase that concealed the entrance to the secret annex.
Early life. Bep was born in Amsterdam. She was one of the eight children of Johannes Voskuijl and Christina Sodenkamp. When still a teenager, Bep worked as a chambermaid, waitress and shop assistant in order to earn money to support the large Voskuijl family.
Johan Voskuijl was the father of Bep Voskuijl, one of the helpers of the people in hiding in the Secret Annex. He was born on 15 January 1892 in the parental home at Groote Kattenburgerstraat 122 in Amsterdam [2] as the third of seven children of Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl and Elisabeth Hoenson. [3]
