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"content": "<p>Kuno van der Horst was a student who was in hiding with Jan and Miep Gies at 25 Hunzestraat. In Miep's autobiography he is called Karel van der Hart. He was a son of engineer Hendrik van der Horst and Catharina van der Horst-Rambonnet. His father was director of the Lemet Chromium company.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kuno attended the Baarnsch Lyceum, where he met his later wife Henny. He was not good at languages, but he was good at maths and physics. This brought him to the Technical High School in Delft. Because of eye problems he was declared unfit for military service.<sup data-footnote-id=\"865ah\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When the German authorities demanded a declaration of loyalty from students in <strong>March 1943</strong>, he refused to sign it. This meant that he was in danger of being ordered to perform work for the Germans. He lived on the premises of his father's factory, so that he could work there without having to walk the streets.<sup data-footnote-id=\"lggrz\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> His mother arranged for him to go into hiding with Jan and Miep Gies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Miep's memories, he once went to the horse races from Amsterdam. There, during a security check, he was asked for his address by unknown authorities. It is said he gave the address of Jan and Miep Gies. They then decided that it was too dangerous to let him stay.<sup data-footnote-id=\"phpxe\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> He then stayed with his mother for some time. However, her house was requisitioned for use by German officers on <strong>3 November 1943</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"nsouy\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>After the liberation, his father, who built up an overseas branch of Lemet Chromium during his stay in America, returned to the Netherlands. Kuno, in turn, took over the management there. By now married to his childhood sweetheart, he moved to America, and lived there until his death.<sup data-footnote-id=\"865ah\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em> Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"oge7w\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</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=\"865ah\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-2\">b</a> </sup><cite>Mededeling van Marianne Kunz-van der Horst in gesprek met Gertjan Broek en Teresien da Silva (Anne Frank Stichting), Amsterdam, 18 april 2018.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"lggrz\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Privébezit familie Kunz: “Memories of Kuno L. van der Horst”, ongedateerd, transcriptie uit 2017-’18.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"phpxe\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Miep Gies en Alison Leslie Gould, <em>Herinneringen </em><em>aan Anne Frank. Het verhaal van Miep Gies, de steun en toeverlaat van de famiie Frank in het Achterhuis</em>, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1987, p. 172-174.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"nsouy\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Privébezit familie Kunz: “Catharina van der Horst Memoirs WOII”, ongedateerd, transcriptie 2017-’18.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"oge7w\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>H.P. van den Aardweg, J.P.J.C. Hüllstrung (red.), <em>Persoonlijkheden in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld. Nederlanders en hun werk</em>, Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1938, p. 700; Overlijdensbericht van directie en personeel, <em>Algemeen Handelsblad</em>, 18 mei 1968</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_nl": "<p>Kuno van der Horst was een student die ondergedoken zat bij Jan en Miep Gies op de Hunzestraat 25. In Mieps autobiografie heet hij Karel van der Hart. Hij was een zoon van ingenieur Hendrik van der Horst en Catharina van der Horst-Rambonnet. Zijn vader was directeur van de firma ‘Lemet Chromium’.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kuno bezocht het Baarnsch Lyceum, waar hij zijn latere vrouw Henny leerde kennen. Hij was niet goed in talen, maar wel in wis- en natuurkunde. Dit bracht hem naar de Technische Hogeschool in Delft. Vanwege oogproblemen werd hij afgekeurd voor militaire dienst.<sup data-footnote-id=\"865ah\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Toen de Duitse autoriteiten in <strong>maart 1943 </strong>van studenten een loyaliteitsverklaring eisten, weigerde hij die te tekenen. Hierdoor dreigde hij voor tewerkstelling in aanmerking te komen. Hij woonde op het terrein van zijn vaders fabriek, zodat hij daar kon werken zonder over straat te hoeven.<sup data-footnote-id=\"lggrz\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> Op voorspraak van zijn moeder duikt hij onder bij Jan en Miep Gies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Volgens Mieps herinneringen ging hij een keer vanuit Amsterdam naar de paardenraces. Daar werd hij tijdens een controle door onbekende autoriteiten naar zijn adres gevraagd. Naar verluidt, gaf hij het adres van Jan en Miep Gies op. Zij besloten toen dat het te gevaarlijk was hem te laten blijven.<sup data-footnote-id=\"phpxe\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> Hij verbleef vervolgens weer enige tijd bij zijn moeder. Haar woning werd echter op <strong>3 november 1943</strong> gevorderd voor gebruik door Duitse officieren.<sup data-footnote-id=\"nsouy\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Na de bevrijding kwam zijn vader, die tijdens zijn verblijf in Amerika een overzeese tak van Lemet Chromium opbouwde, terug naar Nederland. Kuno nam daar op zijn beurt de leiding over. Hij vertrok, inmiddels met zijn jeugdliefde getrouwd, naar Amerika en woonde daar tot zijn overlijden.<sup data-footnote-id=\"865ah\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"spfxr\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</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=\"865ah\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-2\">b</a> </sup><cite>Mededeling van Marianne Kunz-van der Horst in gesprek met Gertjan Broek en Teresien da Silva (Anne Frank Stichting), Amsterdam, 18 april 2018.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"lggrz\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Privébezit familie Kunz: “Memories of Kuno L. van der Horst”, ongedateerd, transcriptie uit 2017-’18.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"phpxe\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gould, <em>Herinneringen </em><em>aan Anne Frank. Het verhaal van Miep Gies, de steun en toeverlaat van de famiie Frank in het Achterhuis</em>, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1987, p. 172-174.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"nsouy\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Privébezit familie Kunz: “Catharina van der Horst Memoirs WOII”, ongedateerd, transcriptie 2017-’18.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"spfxr\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>H.P. van den Aardweg, J.P.J.C. Hüllstrung (red.), <em>Persoonlijkheden in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld. Nederlanders en hun werk</em>, Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1938, p. 700; Overlijdensbericht van directie en personeel, <em>Algemeen Handelsblad</em>, 18 mei 1968.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_en": "<p>Kuno van der Horst was a student who was in hiding with Jan and Miep Gies at 25 Hunzestraat. In Miep's autobiography he is called Karel van der Hart. He was a son of engineer Hendrik van der Horst and Catharina van der Horst-Rambonnet. His father was director of the Lemet Chromium company.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kuno attended the Baarnsch Lyceum, where he met his later wife Henny. He was not good at languages, but he was good at maths and physics. This brought him to the Technical High School in Delft. Because of eye problems he was declared unfit for military service.<sup data-footnote-id=\"865ah\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>When the German authorities demanded a declaration of loyalty from students in <strong>March 1943</strong>, he refused to sign it. This meant that he was in danger of being ordered to perform work for the Germans. He lived on the premises of his father's factory, so that he could work there without having to walk the streets.<sup data-footnote-id=\"lggrz\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> His mother arranged for him to go into hiding with Jan and Miep Gies.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Miep's memories, he once went to the horse races from Amsterdam. There, during a security check, he was asked for his address by unknown authorities. It is said he gave the address of Jan and Miep Gies. They then decided that it was too dangerous to let him stay.<sup data-footnote-id=\"phpxe\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> He then stayed with his mother for some time. However, her house was requisitioned for use by German officers on <strong>3 November 1943</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"nsouy\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>After the liberation, his father, who built up an overseas branch of Lemet Chromium during his stay in America, returned to the Netherlands. Kuno, in turn, took over the management there. By now married to his childhood sweetheart, he moved to America, and lived there until his death.<sup data-footnote-id=\"865ah\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em> Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"oge7w\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</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=\"865ah\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-2\">b</a> </sup><cite>Mededeling van Marianne Kunz-van der Horst in gesprek met Gertjan Broek en Teresien da Silva (Anne Frank Stichting), Amsterdam, 18 april 2018.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"lggrz\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Privébezit familie Kunz: “Memories of Kuno L. van der Horst”, ongedateerd, transcriptie uit 2017-’18.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"phpxe\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Miep Gies en Alison Leslie Gould, <em>Herinneringen </em><em>aan Anne Frank. Het verhaal van Miep Gies, de steun en toeverlaat van de famiie Frank in het Achterhuis</em>, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1987, p. 172-174.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"nsouy\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Privébezit familie Kunz: “Catharina van der Horst Memoirs WOII”, ongedateerd, transcriptie 2017-’18.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"oge7w\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>H.P. van den Aardweg, J.P.J.C. Hüllstrung (red.), <em>Persoonlijkheden in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld. Nederlanders en hun werk</em>, Amsterdam: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1938, p. 700; Overlijdensbericht van directie en personeel, <em>Algemeen Handelsblad</em>, 18 mei 1968</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
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"death_date": "1968-05-17",
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