Wedding-day of Bep Voskuijl and Cor van Wijk
Bep Voskuijl and Cor van Wijk married on 15 May 1946.
Foto van de huwelijksdag van Bep Voskuijl en Cor van Wijk, Amsterdam, 15 mei 1946.
Fotobureau Actueel. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam Copyright: Publiek Domein
During the war years, Bep Voskuijl was engaged to A.J. (Bertus) Hulsman (1918). She then met Cor van Wijk. They married on 15 May 1946 at 2:40pm in Amsterdam. The witnesses were Otto Frank and Cornelis Groen, the husband of Bep's younger sister Johanna Voskuijl.[1] Among the guests were also Charlotte Kaletta, Johanna and Jopie Kleiman, Miep and Jan Gies.[2] Cor's family were not present on this day. They objected to the wedding because Bep was Dutch Reformed and the Van Wijk family were Roman Catholic. When Bep promised to send the children to catechism and to Catholic schools, eight years later a church blessing was held on 26 May 1954 in the Church of the Holy Martyrs of Gorcum, Linnaeushof 95 in Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam.[3]
Otto Frank sent a letter to Bep and Cor van Wijk on 13 May 1971 that he could not attend the silver wedding anniversary due to health reasons.[4] Otto and Fritzi Frank sent them a telegram congratulating them on this anniversary on 15 May 1971.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ De huwelijksakte is ingeschreven in register 29, folio 19. Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_Voskuijl_I_004: Familiestamboek van Cornelis van Wijk en Elisabeth Voskuijl, 15 mei 1946.
- ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Voskuijl_III_001 t/m 004, 012, 013, 026: Foto’s van bruidspaar en gasten.
- ^ Mededeling Joop van Wijk, 23 augustus 2010.
- ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Voskuijl: Otto Frank aan Bep en Cor van Wijk, 13 mei 1971 (kopie).
- ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Voskuijl: Telegram 15 mei 1971 (kopie).