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The arrest of helpers Victor Kugler and Jo Kleiman left the two companies Gies & Co and Opekta without directors. Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl took over with the help of warehouse manager Willem van Maaren. Kugler and Kleiman were held in the Amsterdam prison for one month. Then they were transferred to Camp Amersfoort.
Opekta and Gies & Co after the 4 August 1944 raid. With the arrest of helpers Victor Kugler and Jo Kleiman, the management of Gies & Co and Opekta was gone. The three other helpers, Miep and Jan Gies and Bep Voskuijl, remained free and continued the businesses.
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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 ...
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1 June 1938: Handelsmaatschappij Pectacon N.V., a company for trading and manufacturing chemical products and foodstuffs, was founded by Jo Kleiman and Ton Dunselman before notary E.J.M. Luykx. As early as 21 October 1938, Otto Frank took over the shares from the founders. Pectacon imported raw materials from Hungary and Belgium; sales were also ma...
In May '41, Pectacon registered a logo with the explanation: Pectacon did business with spice broker Van Jinnelt, among other parties. In September and October '39, the following goods arrived through this business partner: 1. 10 bales of white Batavia Muntok pepper. 2. 4 bales of Ambon nutmeg. 3. 27/2 (?) crates of Siauw nutmeg. 4. 5 bales of Java...
22 October 1940: promulgation of Verordnung über die Anmeldung von Unternehmen (VO 189/40), published 26 October 1940. This regulation required Jewish owners to register their businesses. It was the first step in the so-called Wirtschaftsentjudung(business 'aryanisation'). 23 October 1940: because Otto Frank was managing director of Pectacon and to...
After May 1945, Pectacon was among the companies that could be ex officio re-registered in the Commercial Register pursuant to the London government's decisions.In August 1945, Pectacon was still an 'empty shell', a company without capital. However, Otto wanted the company to produce, among other things, an anti-diarrhoeal agent, an anti-fungal agent and a...In November 1945, Otto Frank and Jo Kleiman were listed as directors. Sole proxy was Victor Kugler, with general power of attorney: 'As also granted to the director according to the articles of ass...Otto wrote in June 1947that he was struggling in business. He wanted to do something in textiles and artificial silk, but the established businesses did not tolerate newcomers. He then restricted h...Dec 27, 2022 · Subject. On 12 December 1941, Otto Frank stepped down as a director at Opekta's shareholders' meeting, the purpose of which was to pro forma 'Aryanise' the company. Johannes Kleiman immediately accepted the appointment as managing director. The meeting was at the offices of Mr A.R.W.M. Dunselman.
After Otto Frank had moved to Switzerland in 1952, Johannes Kleiman once again became managing director of Opekta. In 1955, Opekta and Gies & Co moved to other buildings in the city. By then, people from different parts of the world were already interested in visiting the Secret Annex where Anne Frank had lived in hiding.
In March 1941, the German occupying forces ruled that Jews were no longer allowed to run their own businesses. Opekta became part of the German parent company Pomosin, while Johannes took over as managing director. The other company, Pectacon, was dissolved, as proposed by Kleiman. Gies & Co continued its activities.
