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Margot Frank at the Joods Lyceum

Margot Frank was transferred to the 4th grade of the Jewish Lyceum as a result of the anti-Jewish measures.

Event

Oct. 15, 1941

52.361351 N 4.90487 E

Voormalige Stadstimmertuinen 1

Amsterdam

Nederland

From September 1941, Margot Frank could no longer attend the Lyceum for Girls due to anti-Jewish measures. She then had to go to the 4th grade of the HBS of the Jewish Lyceum, located at Voormalige Stadstimmertuin 1, in Amsterdam. She attended school there until she had to go into hiding in the Secret Annex on 6 July 1942.

Amsterdam alderman Franken, according to a letter in April 1941, expected: "measures, which will lead to the Jewish pupils of Amsterdam schools being concentrated in schools, exclusively intended for these pupils".[1]

From 9 to 14 July 1941, Amsterdam school heads had to count their Jewish pupils and report the number to the Central Pupil Enrolment Office.[2]

Margot's transfer to the 4th grade of the Jewish Lyceum was in October 1941.[3] The first day of classes was on 15 October 1941.[4] Margot entered class 4B2 in the school year 1941-1942. Her classmates were:

  • Asscher, Abraham
  • Baruch, Franz Ralph
  • Berg, L. (Louis?) vd
  • Blokjesman, Meijer
  • Frijda, Jetteke
  • Gans, Philip
  • Hertzberger, Leopold
  • Heymans, Ernst Bob
  • Lek, Trees E.
  • Marcus, Hijman
  • Menist, Abraham
  • Neter, Albert Hans
  • Raigrodski, Henoch
  • Rodrigues, M.
  • Rijn, Hugo van
  • Schelvis, M. Ben
  • Spijer, Herbert Willem
  • Swaab, Samuel
  • Sweijd, F.
  • Verduin, Wanda
  • Wegloop, L.
  • Witteboon, A.
  • Zimmern, Georg
  • Zwaaf, Lena [5]

Margot Frank was friends with Jetteke Frijda. They already knew each other from the Municipal Lyceum for Girls.[6] In the parallel class was Bloeme Emden. She regularly saw and spoke to Margot during her imprisonment in Camp Westerbork and in the huts in Auschwitz Birkenau.[7]

Anne wrote about Margot's progress: "My sister Margot has also gotten her report card. Brilliant, as usual. If we had such a thing as "cum laude" she would have passed with honors, she's so smart".[8]

Among the books Margot read at this school was 'Le Bourgeouis Gentilhomme. Comédie-ballet en cinq actes' by Molière. This book has been preserved. It is an annotated version for school use. On the flyleaf it reads in pencil: M. Frank. Oct. 1941 Jewish Lyceum.[9] Also preserved is the book 'English Passages for Translation', compiled by Dr H.G. de Maar, from Margot's school days. She noted in the front: Margot Frank IV B II.[10]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Conceptbrief 21 april 1941, aangehaald in: Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam, 1941-1943, Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 31 en noot 34.
  2. ^ Hondius, Absent, p. 35; Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), toegangsnummer 7410: Lijsten met opgaven van joodse leerlingen op de verschillende Amsterdamse middelbare scholen.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 20 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies, W.H.S. Elte (toegang 181e), inv. nr. 1, rector Joods Lyceum aan de inspecteur voor de Lycea, 10 oktober 1941.
  5. ^ Hondius, Absent, p. 281-282. Jetteke Frijda komt ook van het Lyceum voor Meisjes.
  6. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Frijda, Jetteke; AFS, Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Correspondentie tussen Jetteke Frijda en Otto Frank. 
  7. ^ Willy Lindwer, De laatste zeven maanden. Vrouwen in het spoor van Anne Frank (Hilversum 1988), 130, 134 en 142-143.
  8. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 5 July 1942, in: The Collected Works.
  9. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_MFrank_VII_005.
  10. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_MFrank_VII_003.