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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.
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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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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- June 13, 2023
May 12, 2023 · “Bep [Voskuijl] took care of bread and milk,” said Gies in a 1992 interview. “Kugler and [Johannes] Kleiman kept the business going and brought books and magazines along with them for the ...
- Meilan Solly
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.
After the August 4 raid, the firms Gies & Co and Opekta were left without management. The staff, Bep Voskuijl and Miep Gies in the office and warehouse manager Willem van Maaren and his casual workers nevertheless kept the businesses running. And of course Jan Gies, who was still the supervisory director of Gies & Co. It was all rather improvised.
