Chemist's A. Lincoln
Chemist's on Leliegracht where Johannes Kleiman sent Bep Voskuijl on the day of arrest of the people in hiding.
Drogisterij De Hond, firma A. Lincoln, 1946
Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening. Beeldbank Stadsarchief Amsterdam Copyright: Status onduidelijk
Address: Leliegracht 44, Amsterdam.[1]
Chocolate manufacturers 'Gebroeders Sickesz' ran a wholesale and retail trade in 'dried goods, chemicals, spices, paints, technical poisons and caustic substances' under the name A. Lincoln. In March 1933 they transferred the business to their employee Derk Kollen, who continued at his own expense and risk.[2]
Willem van Maaren stated to the National Department of Criminal Investigation in 1963 that neighbour Jacob Mater had told him during the period in hiding that 'they' sometimes went out to visit the chemist's on the Leliegracht. By 'they', he would have meant people in hiding.[3]
This is the chemist's on the Leliegracht where Johannes Kleiman sent Bep Voskuijl with his wallet on the day of his arrest. 'Kollen-Lincoln' featured on Otto Frank's list of people he wanted to give a diary to in 1947.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ Algemeen Adresboek der stad Amsterdam. 85ste jaargang, 1938-1939, Amsterdam: Ellerman, Harms & Co., p. 2473. The surname Kollen is also mentioned on this page. Referred to by Anne as: the chemist around the corner. Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 16 September 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
- ^ Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Handelsregister Amsterdam: Kamer van Koophandel Amsterdam, inv. Nr. 133, dossiernr. 6736.
- ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging, inv. nr. 23892: Verklaring Van Maaren, p.v.b. 86/1963 v.H.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_ 100.