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Johannes Kleiman imprisoned in camp Amersfoort

Johannes Kleiman was registered in camp Amersfoort on Monday 11 September 1944. He was released a week later due to ill health.

Event

Sept. 11, 1944 - Sept. 18, 1944

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Amersfoort

Johannes Kleiman, one of the helpers of the people in hiding in the Secret Annex, together with Victor Kugler, the other helper, was registered on Monday, 11 September 1944 in Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort as Häftling Nr. 7001 on the basis of Arbeitsverweigerung (work refusal). He came from the Aussenstl Amsterdam. On Monday, 18 September 1944, he was Entlassen (released).[1]

Kleiman says he experienced a few small cases of abuse during his imprisonment, but did not know the names of perpetrators or victims.[2]
On arrival in Amersfoort, he was assigned to work in Germany, but due to the course of the war, the initially planned transport could not take place.[3]
Because Kleiman suffered from stomach bleeding, he was rejected for Germany. Under pressure from the Red Cross, he was released after a week.[4] After his release, Kleiman told his wife that he not suffered from stomach bleeding during his detention.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies, Amsterdam, Archief Anne Frank 212c-6e: Kopie registratiekaart Amersfoort.
  2. a, b Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (NL-HaNA), Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (CABR), inv. nr. 23892: Johannes Kleiman aan de Politiek Opsporingsdients (P.O.D.), onjuist gedateerd 'Februari 1945'.
  3. ^ Zie noot 2. Kleiman noemde hier onder meer de spoorwegstaking. Deze begon op 17 september 1944, de dag voor zijn vrijlating.
  4. ^ NL-HaNA, CABR, inv. nr. 23892, dossier PRA 61169 : Verklaring Kleiman aan de Politiek Recherche Afdeling, 12 januari 1948.