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"content": "<p>Arie Cornelis Nielson was born on <strong>12 June 1912</strong> as the son of Cornelis Nielson <strong>(3 May 1880) </strong>and Elisabeth Wilhelmina Nielson-Visser <strong>(30 November 1884)</strong>. He had an older sister Marie Elisabeth Nielson <strong>(12 December 1908)</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"wghsn\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>1936</strong>, Nielson had graduated cum laude from the candidate examination in classical literature at Leiden University.<sup data-footnote-id=\"5irzg\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> He then became a lecturer at the Leiden Educational Institutions (LOI), where he taught the 'Elementary Latin' course. While Margot Frank was in hiding in the Secret Annex, she took this course in the name of Bep Voskuijl. On her homework, Nielson wrote compliments almost weekly because of her good results.<sup data-footnote-id=\"usb4u\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In his hometown of Rotterdam, Nielson was kyrkvärd (churchwarden) of the Swedish Church.<sup data-footnote-id=\"8eckf\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>During the razzia of Rotterdam on <strong>10 and 11 </strong><strong>November 1944</strong>, he was arrested and deported to Nazi Germany for the forced Labour Deployment. There he was put to work in Dingden, a village near Bocholt. With five hundred other men, he was housed in the ballroom of a local pub. Because of his academic background and commitment to the church, he enjoyed prestige and acted as an ombudsman for the other Dutch men posted there. He also assisted the doctor and pastor. After the war, he returned to Rotterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"lzs0m\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Otto Frank sent Nielson a copy of The Secret Annex in <strong>June 1947</strong>. He wrote: "<em>You took great care with the lessons, which gave my daughter Margot great satisfaction</em><em> […]".</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nielson replied on <strong>17 July 1947</strong>, writing: "<em>During the war hundreds of people in hiding [...] attended our lessons. [...] I have kept hundreds of letters from this time as a precious memory of the many frightened and lonely people in hiding, to whom my lessons brought comfort and culture</em><em> […]” </em><sup data-footnote-id=\"7ul3q\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nielson regularly translated Latin texts. In <strong>1949</strong>, in collaboration with the lawyer A. Dirkzwager, he published a translation of Erasmus's <em>In Praise of Folly</em><em>.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"2m7ck\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source Personal Data.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"744xt\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup> <em>Addresses: </em>Rodenrijschelaan 37a, Rotterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"fsrz9\"><a href=\"#footnote-9\" id=\"footnote-marker-9-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[9]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"wghsn\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Bevolkingsregistratie, gezinskaarten, toegang 494-03, inv. nr. 851-344: Cornelis Nielson en Elisabeth Visser.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"5irzg\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>“Academische examens”, <em>Leidsch Dagblad</em>, 3 april 1936.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"usb4u\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_MFrank_I_073-109, Zie ook: Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 17 november 1943, in: <em>The Cllected Works</em>, transl. by Susan Massotty, London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"8eckf\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>De ‘dominee’ deed z’n best’, <em>Algemeen Dagblad</em>, Rotterdam, 24-11-1984. Via <a href=\"https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003032021:mpeg21:p00051\" target=\"_blank\">Delpher</a>.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"lzs0m\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>'De "dominee" deed z'n best', <em>Algemeen Dagblad</em>, Rotterdam, 24-11-1984; Hubert van Hove, <em>Reis naar het einde. Razzia van Rotterdam</em>, Amsterdam, Studentendrukwerk Groningen, 2023.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"7ul3q\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Correspondentie Otto Frank-A.C. Nielson, 1947.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"2m7ck\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Desiderius Erasmus, <em>Moriae Encomium dat is De lof der Zotheid</em>, Amsterdam: Paris, 1949.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"744xt\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Burgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, geboorteakten, toegang 999-01, inv. nr. 1912J, folio nr. j059: Arie Cornelis Nielson; Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart A.C. Nielson.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"fsrz9\" id=\"footnote-9\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-9-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code A_MFrank_I_061: Schrijven A.C. Nielson, 15 november 1943.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>\r\n\r\n<p> </p>",
"content_nl": "<p>Arie Cornelis Nielson werd op <strong>12 juni 1912</strong> geboren als de zoon van Cornelis Nielson <strong>(3 mei 1880) </strong>en Elisabeth Wilhelmina Nielson-Visser <strong>(30 november 1884)</strong>. Hij had een oudere zus Marie Elisabeth Nielson <strong>(12 december 1908)</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"dwlcc\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>1936 </strong>was Nielson cum laude geslaagd voor het kandidaatsexamen klassieke letteren aan de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.<sup data-footnote-id=\"yfshx\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> Hij werd vervolgens docent bij de Leidse Onderwijsinstellingen (LOI), waar hij de cursus 'Elementair Latijn'<em> </em>verzorgde. Terwijl Margot Frank was ondergedoken in het Achterhuis volgde zij deze cursus op naam van Bep Voskuijl. Op haar huiswerk schreef Nielson vrijwel wekelijks complimenten vanwege haar goede resultaten.<sup data-footnote-id=\"d813r\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In zijn woonplaats Rotterdam was Nielson <em>kyrkvärd</em> (kerkmeester) van de Zweedse Kerk.<sup data-footnote-id=\"pxtlm\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Tijdens de grote razzia van Rotterdam op <strong>10 en 11 november 1944</strong> werd hij opgepakt en voor de Arbeidsinzet weggevoerd naar nazi-Duitsland. Daar werd hij te werk gesteld in Dingden, een dorp in de buurt van Bocholt. Met vijfhonderd andere mannen werd hij ondergebracht in de feestzaal van een lokale kroeg. Door zijn academische achtergrond en betrokkenheid bij de kerk genoot hij aanzien en trad hij op als ombudsman voor de andere tewerkgestelden Nederlanders. Ook assisteerde hij de dokter en dominee. Na de oorlog keerde hij terug naar Rotterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"31v58\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Otto Frank stuurde Nielson in <strong>juni 1947</strong> een exemplaar van <em>Het Achterhuis. </em>Hij schreef daarbij:<em> U heeft veel zorg aan de lessen besteed, die aan mijn dochter Margot grote voldoening gaven […].</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nielson antwoordde op <strong>17 juli 1947</strong> onder meer: <em>'Gedurende de oorlog hebben honderden onderduikers […] onze lessen gevolgd. […] Honderden brieven uit deze tijd, bewaar ik als een kostbare herinnering aan de vele angstige en eenzame onderduikers, aan wie mijn lessen troost en cultuur brachten […]” </em><sup data-footnote-id=\"7ul3q\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nielson vertaalde regelmatig Latijnse teksten. In samenwerking met jurist A. Dirkzwager publiceerde hij in <strong>1949 </strong>een vertaling van Erasmus’ <em>De lof der zotheid.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"2m7ck\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"bwb0l\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup> <em>Adressen: </em>Rodenrijschelaan 37a, Rotterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"fsrz9\"><a href=\"#footnote-9\" id=\"footnote-marker-9-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[9]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"dwlcc\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Bevolkingsregistratie, gezinskaarten, toegang 494-03, inv. nr. 851-344: Cornelis Nielson en Elisabeth Visser.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"yfshx\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>“Academische examens”, <em>Leidsch Dagblad</em>, 3 april 1936.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"d813r\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_MFrank_I_073-109, Zie ook: Anne Frank, Dagboek B, 17 november 1943, in: <em>Verzameld werk</em>, Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2013.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"pxtlm\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>‘De "dominee" deed z’n best’, <em>Algemeen Dagblad</em>, Rotterdam, 24-11-1984. Via<a href=\"https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003032021:mpeg21:p00051\" target=\"_blank\"> Delpher</a>.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"31v58\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>'De "dominee" deed z'n best', <em>Algemeen Dagblad</em>, Rotterdam, 24-11-1984; Hubert van Hove, <em>Reis naar het einde. Razzia van Rotterdam</em>, Amsterdam, Studentendrukwerk Groningen, 2023.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"7ul3q\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Correspondentie Otto Frank-A.C. Nielson, 1947.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"2m7ck\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Desiderius Erasmus, <em>Moriae Encomium dat is De lof der Zotheid</em>, Amsterdam: Paris, 1949.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"bwb0l\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Burgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, geboorteakten, toegang 999-01, inv. nr. 1912J, folio nr. j059: Arie Cornelis Nielson; Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart A.C. Nielson.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"fsrz9\" id=\"footnote-9\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-9-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code A_MFrank_I_061: Schrijven A.C. Nielson, 15 november 1943.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>\r\n\r\n<p> </p>",
"content_en": "<p>Arie Cornelis Nielson was born on <strong>12 June 1912</strong> as the son of Cornelis Nielson <strong>(3 May 1880) </strong>and Elisabeth Wilhelmina Nielson-Visser <strong>(30 November 1884)</strong>. He had an older sister Marie Elisabeth Nielson <strong>(12 December 1908)</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"wghsn\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In <strong>1936</strong>, Nielson had graduated cum laude from the candidate examination in classical literature at Leiden University.<sup data-footnote-id=\"5irzg\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> He then became a lecturer at the Leiden Educational Institutions (LOI), where he taught the 'Elementary Latin' course. While Margot Frank was in hiding in the Secret Annex, she took this course in the name of Bep Voskuijl. On her homework, Nielson wrote compliments almost weekly because of her good results.<sup data-footnote-id=\"usb4u\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>In his hometown of Rotterdam, Nielson was kyrkvärd (churchwarden) of the Swedish Church.<sup data-footnote-id=\"8eckf\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>During the razzia of Rotterdam on <strong>10 and 11 </strong><strong>November 1944</strong>, he was arrested and deported to Nazi Germany for the forced Labour Deployment. There he was put to work in Dingden, a village near Bocholt. With five hundred other men, he was housed in the ballroom of a local pub. Because of his academic background and commitment to the church, he enjoyed prestige and acted as an ombudsman for the other Dutch men posted there. He also assisted the doctor and pastor. After the war, he returned to Rotterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"lzs0m\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Otto Frank sent Nielson a copy of The Secret Annex in <strong>June 1947</strong>. He wrote: "<em>You took great care with the lessons, which gave my daughter Margot great satisfaction</em><em> […]".</em></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nielson replied on <strong>17 July 1947</strong>, writing: "<em>During the war hundreds of people in hiding [...] attended our lessons. [...] I have kept hundreds of letters from this time as a precious memory of the many frightened and lonely people in hiding, to whom my lessons brought comfort and culture</em><em> […]” </em><sup data-footnote-id=\"7ul3q\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nielson regularly translated Latin texts. In <strong>1949</strong>, in collaboration with the lawyer A. Dirkzwager, he published a translation of Erasmus's <em>In Praise of Folly</em><em>.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"2m7ck\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup> </p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source Personal Data.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"744xt\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup> <em>Addresses: </em>Rodenrijschelaan 37a, Rotterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"fsrz9\"><a href=\"#footnote-9\" id=\"footnote-marker-9-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[9]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"wghsn\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Bevolkingsregistratie, gezinskaarten, toegang 494-03, inv. nr. 851-344: Cornelis Nielson en Elisabeth Visser.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"5irzg\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>“Academische examens”, <em>Leidsch Dagblad</em>, 3 april 1936.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"usb4u\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_MFrank_I_073-109, Zie ook: Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 17 november 1943, in: <em>The Cllected Works</em>, transl. by Susan Massotty, London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"8eckf\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>De ‘dominee’ deed z’n best’, <em>Algemeen Dagblad</em>, Rotterdam, 24-11-1984. Via <a href=\"https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003032021:mpeg21:p00051\" target=\"_blank\">Delpher</a>.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"lzs0m\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>'De "dominee" deed z'n best', <em>Algemeen Dagblad</em>, Rotterdam, 24-11-1984; Hubert van Hove, <em>Reis naar het einde. Razzia van Rotterdam</em>, Amsterdam, Studentendrukwerk Groningen, 2023.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"7ul3q\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Correspondentie Otto Frank-A.C. Nielson, 1947.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"2m7ck\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Desiderius Erasmus, <em>Moriae Encomium dat is De lof der Zotheid</em>, Amsterdam: Paris, 1949.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"744xt\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Burgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, geboorteakten, toegang 999-01, inv. nr. 1912J, folio nr. j059: Arie Cornelis Nielson; Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart A.C. Nielson.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"fsrz9\" id=\"footnote-9\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-9-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code A_MFrank_I_061: Schrijven A.C. Nielson, 15 november 1943.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>\r\n\r\n<p> </p>",
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"death_date": "1997-01-12",
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"summary": "Arie Nielson was a teacher for the LOI course Elementary Latin that Margot Frank followed while in hiding.",
"summary_nl": "Arie Nielson was docent voor de LOI-cursus Elementair Latijn die door Margot Frank tijdens de onderduik werd gevolgd.",
"summary_en": "Arie Nielson was a teacher for the LOI course Elementary Latin that Margot Frank followed while in hiding.",
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