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Anne Frank at the Sixth Montessori School

Anne Frank attended the Sixth Montessori School in Amsterdam from 1935 to 1941.

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Aug. 16, 1935 - Sept. 27, 1941

52.342819 N 4.894047 E

Nierstraat 41

Amsterdam

Nederland

Vervaardiger: Johannes Machielis Bakels. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam

Klassenfoto van de Zesde Montessorischool met onderwijzer J.G.E. van Gelder. Anne Frank staat naast hem, Amsterdam, 1938

Vervaardiger: Johannes Machielis Bakels. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam Copyright: Rechthebbende(n) onbekend

Anne Frank attended the Sixth Montessori School in Amsterdam from school year 1935-36 until school year 1940-41.

Edith wrote to Gertrud Naumann on 26 March 1935: 'Denk dir: heute muss ich Anne für die Schule anmelden; sie wird wohl weiter in der Montessori Schule bleiben.'[1] Later she writes: 'Anne kommt erst im August in die Schule.'[2] The date of Anne's admission to the 6th Montessori School was 16 August 1935.[3] She was placed in class 1B with Mr. Van Gelder. He remained Anne's teacher up to and including the fourth grade. In the fifth grade (1939- '40) she was with Miss Godron and in class 6A (1940-'41) with Mrs. Kuperus.

In school year 1940-'41 Anne wrote to her grandmother: "Master has been away from school for two years now, this year I am in Mrs Kuperus's class (...)". [4] In her diary, Anne wrote about Mrs. Kuperus in 1942: "In sixth grade my teacher was Mrs. Kuperus, the principal."[5] The date Anne was deregistered was 27 September 1941.[3]

Otto Frank later wrote to Mrs Kuperus: "Anne was a real Montessori child."[6] In 1968 Otto Frank wrote: "For Anne it was good that she attended a Montessori school, where each pupil was treated very individually."[7]

Due to the Montessori system, the composition of the classes changed. According to the information from the Parents' Fund, Anne had the following classmates in the various classes:

1935-1936, class 1B with Mr Van Gelder.
Lia v/d Ancker, Bob Arnoldy, Martha v./d. Berg, Mary Distelbrink, Bob Gatersleben (deleted: left school), Lily van Gelder, Elis Goslar, Johnny Groenevelt, Sylvia Groot, Guusta Holzhausen, Sally Kimmel, Suze Koker (deleted: left school), Jo Kolthek, Leo Kramer, Ruth Langendijk (deleted: left school), Willy Lansink, Freetje de Leeuw, Jaap de Leeuw, Rijk Loek, Gerda Moes, Peter Neuhaus, Bob Overre, Sally Philipse, Betty Polk, Jacq. v. Praag, Greta Prette, Willy Reiman (deleted), A. Reiner, Alex. Schaap, Willy Smits, Rie Swillens, Lettie Tielkemeyer, Loesje Werdick, Sonja Vugts, Els Wachenhausen, Renée Weber, Benny Weiss, Paula Ovink.[8]

1936-1937, class 2B with Mr Van Gelder.
L. v.d. Ancker, R. Arnoldy, M. Berg, D. Bouma, L. van Dijk, K. Egyedi, C. van Gelder, R. van Gelderen, E. Goslar, J. Groeneveld, F. de Groot, R. Hannes, S. Kimel, S. Krieg, H. Lansink, J. de Leeuw, J. Looy (deleted: left school), R. Loek, G. Moes, S. Mug, B. de Muinck Keizer, E. Mulder, C. Muller, R. Müller, P. Neuhaus, Y. v Ommen (deleted B. Overre), P. Ovink, S. Philipse, A. Reiner, M. de Ruiter, H. Scholten, J. Soutendijk, J. Scholtz, J. Saltiel, L. Strakkee, R. Swillens, S. Tak, L. Verdickt, H. Vreugde, S. Vught (deleted: left school), Ebie Jekel.[9]

1937-1938, class 3B with Mr Van Gelder.
Dinie Amelsbeek, Lia van den Ancker, Corrie Bouwmeester, Liesje Brilleman Annie v.d. Broek, Nellie Davidson, Vera Frank, Jopie Fuchs Lily van Gelder, John Groeneveld, Bep Groot Battavé, Gerrie Hildering Paultje Jacobs, Juultje Ketellapper, Rudi Kolthek, Hetty Lansink, Chelly Metzelaar, Ella Mulder, Yvonne van Ommen (deleted), Paula Ovink, Sally Philipse, Magda de Ruiter, Izaäk Slösser, Gerrie v.d. Vegte, Loesje Verdickt, Robbie Arnoly, Martha van den Berg, Mary Bos, Lucy van Dijk, Käthe Egyedi, Liesbeth Goslar, Sally Kimel, Jaap de Leeuw, Loek Rijk, Gerda Moes, Peter Neuhaus, Appie Reiner, Rietje Swillens, Dick Bouma, Freetje de Groot, Robbie Hannes, Ebie Jekel, Sonja Mug, Hans Scholten, Jo Sealtiel, Leo Strackee.[10]

1938-1939, class 4B with Mr Van Gelder./Miss Godron
Selma Agsteribbe, Diny Amelsbeek, Lia van den Ancker, Bob Arnoldy, Martha v/d Berg, Mary Bos, D.Bouma, Corrie Bouwmeester, L.Brilleman, Annie v/d Broeke (deleted), Nelly Davidson, Lucy van Dijk, Käthe Egyedi, Vera Frank, Lily van Gelder, Elisab. Goslar, Johnny Groenevelt, F. de Groot, Bep van Groot Battavé, R. Hannes, Gerrie Hildering, E. Jekel, Juultje Ketellapper, Sally Kimmel, Rudi Kolthek, Willy Lansink, Jaap de Leeuw, Rijk Loek, Gerda Moes, Sonja Mug, Elly Mulder, Peter Neuhaus, Paula Ovink, Sally Philipse, A. Reiner, Magda de Ruiter, B. Scholten, Jo Sealtiel, Izaäk Slösser, Leo Strackee, Rie Swillens, Gerrie v/d Vegte, Loesje Verdick.[11]

1939-1940, class 5B with Miss Godron.
B. Arnoldy, M van de Berg, M. Bos, D. Bouma, C. Bouwmeester, L. Brilleman, L. van Dijk, K. Egyedi, W. Engel, V. Frank, E. Goslar, F. de Groot (deleted: no longer able to pay), B. Groot Battavé, R. Hannes, G. Hildering, E. Jekel, S. Kimmel, F. Kolthek, A. Knebel (deleted: moved at the end of June), R. Kolthek, J. de Leeuw, W. Leyten, R. Loek, G. Moes, S. Mug, P. Neuhaus, A. Reiner, L. Rustenburg, R. Salomons, H. Scheerder, J. Schlösser, H. Scholten, J. Scholtz, J. Sealtiel, L. Strackee, R. Swillens, L. Verdickt, J. Wiegel, D. Witjas (left 13/10).[12]

1940-1941, class 6A with Miss Kuperus
S. Agsteribbe, D. Amelsbeek, B. Arnoldy, L. Bakker (deleted) , W. Basz, W. Blauw, H. Bomers, C. Bouwmeester, L. Brilleman, A. Coppenhagen, M. Coster, A. Eering, K. Egyedi, V. Frank, E. Goslar, R. de Graaf, J. Groenevelt, B. de Groot Battavé, G. Hildering, R. van Gelderen, B. Janssen, J. Kolthek, I. Koopman, S. Krieg, J. de Leeuw, E. Lentz, L. de Levie, H. Maas, R. Metzelaar, G. Mittelmeijer, G. Moes, R. Muller, K. Musikant, L. Nijssen, A. Pachter, S. Philipse, E. Polak, R. Polak, K. Slaterus, J. Slosser, J. Soutendijk, T. Steen, H. Stork, Rie Swillens, G. van der Vegte, C. Westera S. Windt.[13]

There is a photo of Anne's class with the caption 1936 in Mr Van Gelder's class. There is also a photo of Anne in Van Gelder's class from 1938.[14] There is also a photo of Anne together with Miss Godron, Martha van de Berg and Rebecca Salomons.[15]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_Getuigen_I_090: Edith Frank aan Gertrud Naumann, 26 maart 1935.
  2. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_getuigen_I_119: Edith Frank aan Gertrud Naumann, gedateerd 'Freitag'.
  3. a, b AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_002: Inschrijvingsregister Montessorischool, volgnummer 109.
  4. ^ Familiearchief Anne Frank-Fonds (AFF), Bazel, Alice Frank, AFF_Alf_corr_18: Anne Frank aan Alice Frank, ongedateerd.
  5. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 15 June 1942, in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  6. ^ AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code OFA_100: H.A.M. Kuperus aan Otto Frank (n.a.v. de schenking exemplaar van Het Achterhuis), juni 1947.
  7. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_070: Bitte schreiben Sie mir etwas über Anne Frank.
  8. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_036: Cash ledger of the Parents' Fund, Class 1B 1935-'3.
  9. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_037: Ouderfonds Klasse B 1936-'37.
  10. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_038: Ouderfonds Klasse B 1937-'38.
  11. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_039: Ouderfonds Klasse B 1938-'39.
  12. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_040: Ouderfonds Klasse B 1939-'40.
  13. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_027: Ouderfonds Klasse A 1940-'41.
  14. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_A_Frank_III_055: Fotoalbum van Anne Frank ("Blanco Electro Monster Huishoudboek 1937"), nr. 30; AFS, AFC, reg. code  A_Montessori_III_002, nr. 004.
  15. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_A_Frank_III_055: Fotoalbum van Anne Frank ("Blanco Electro Monster Huishoudboek 1937"), nr. 40.