Blankevoort, Bookshop and Reading Library
Bookshop in Amsterdam's Rivierenbuurt neighbourhood, where Anne Frank's red-checked diary was possibly bought.
De kruising van de Zuider Amstellaan en de Waalstraat, met rechts boekhandel Blankevoort, 1934
Stadsarchief Amsterdam Copyright: Publiek domein
Address: Zuider Amstellaan 62, Amsterdam.[1]
This is where the box of cards for the Varieté game came from, which Anne Frank received for her birthday in 1942.[2] It is very likely that the red checkered diary was also bought here, although there is no clear source for this.
The bookshop was owned by Gerrit Blankevoort (1891-1955). He started the company in Groen van Prinstererstraat and moved it to Zuider Amstellaan in 1931.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Algemeen Adresboek der stad Amsterdam. 85ste jaargang, 1938-1939, Amsterdam: Ellerman, Harms & Co., p. 117. De Zuider Amstellaan werd na de oorlog hernoemd tot Rooseveltlaan.
- ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 14 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
- ^ Zie: Geheugen van Plan Zuid: Boekhandel Blankevoort.