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- After their arrest, helpers Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler were held prisoner in Amsterdam from 4 August to 11 September.
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In the 4 August 1944 raid of the Secret Annex, helpers Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler were also arrested. Event Kugler and Kleiman in Detention Centre II (Amstelveenscheweg)
- The Physical Environment of The People in Hiding
- Behind The Bookcase
- Outside The Secret Annex
According to current views, the annex without a capital letter is the designation for the building part that was built in 1739 behind the front house dating from 1635. The building is a mishmash of rooms, corridors and stairs in which the uninitiated can quickly lose track. The capitalized 'Secret Annex' specifically refers to the top two floors, a...
The bookcase was placed in front of the entrance to the Secret Annex in August 1942, because Victor Kugler feared searches for hidden bicycles. That was not a complete exaggeration: the requisition of bicycles by the Wehrmacht was then just beginning. Hauptdienstleiter Schmidt said about this in a speech: 'They [the reluctant Dutch] should not imag...
The private office, the office kitchen and the (large) toilet were located in the annex, but not in the Secret Annex. Regular work was required on the drain and water pipes, and the arrival of the plumber forced silence in the Secret Annex again. The people in hiding used the kitchen partly because it was equipped with a geyser and a small stove. T...
On 4 August 1944, an arrest team of Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst raided Prinsengracht 263 and the Secret Annex. All eight people in hiding and two helpers, Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler, were arrested. Event. Aug. 4, 1944. 52.3753 N 4.884037 E. Prinsengracht 263. Amsterdam.
According to Victor Kugler, Otto Frank planned to go into hiding when the yellow star was introduced. If it turned out that the outcome of the measure (in view of outrage and opposition) was not as expected, he would have postponed his decision. Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code AFS A_Kugler_I_48 (47?):
Initially, only Kugler went into the Secret Annex, but later Kleiman was also taken there. [4] According to statements made by SS-Hauptscharführer Karl Silberbauer (who did not understand Dutch) after the war, Kugler was immediately taken into interrogation by one of the Dutch SD officers.
Anne dubbed Otto's private office 'The building’s showpiece’. It was located directly under the Secret Annex. When the coast was clear, the people in hiding came here to listen to the radio. When helpers Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler sometimes held meetings in here, they had to keep very quiet.
In late March 1945, Victor Kugler was sent to Germany on foot with about 600 fellow prisoners. Near Zevenaar, the column came under fire from British aircraft. Kugler took advantage of the confusion and escaped. After a few days, he arrived home in Hilversum.
