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Kerkstraat 225 I and II

From this decoy address for Jewish people in hiding, Erich and Heinz Geiringer were betrayed in May 1944.

Location

Amsterdam

52.36309 N 4.89128 E

Kerkstraat 225 I en II

1017 GK Amsterdam

Nederland

On the second floor of Kerkstraat 225 lived Branca Simons. She worked together with Ans van Dijk in betraying Jewish people in hiding. Both women were Jewish themselves, but collaborated with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD).[1] The first floor was used as a decoy address for Jewish people in hiding, who were then handed over to the SD.[2] Erich and Heinz Geiringer were brought to this address by Maria (Miep) Braams-Baerts in early May 1944. Here they were arrested by SD investigator Pieter Schaap.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Sytze van der Zee, Vogelvrij: de jacht op de Joodse onderduiker, Amsterdam: De Bezig Bij, 2010, p. 338-360
  2. ^ Bianca Stigter, Atlas van een bezette stad. Amsterdam 1940-1945, Amsterdam, Atlas Contact, 2019, p. 180.
  3. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging, inv. nr.: 75212, p. 5-9. Pieter Schaap was one of the most fanatical hunters for Jews in Amsterdam. See: Ad van Liemp & Jan H. Kompagnie (red.), Jodenjacht: de onthutsende rol van de Nederlandse politiek in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Amsterdam: Balans, 2011, p. 212-214.