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Sixth Montessori school

The Sixth Montessori School was the primary school attended by Anne Frank.

Location

Amsterdam

52.342819 N 4.894047 E

Nierstraat 41

Amsterdam

Nederland

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The Sixth Montessori School is successively located on Dintelstraat, Amsterdam; Niersstraat 43 (kindergarten, May 23, 1934);[1] Niersstraat 41 (primary school).[2]

From 9 April 1934 to 13 July 1935, Anne Frank attended Preparatory School No. 51, the kindergarten of the Sixth Montessori School.[3] In May '34, that school moved from Dintelstraat to Niersstraat.[1] Anne moved it. She was in Miss Baldal's class. Two photos have been preserved showing Anne with Miss Baldal.[4] Head mistress of the school was Bernardina Cohen.[5] She remained so until 1941.[1] As of 1955 the school was called Blauwe Zeedistel.

Anne also received primary education at the Sixth Montessori School. Her mother wrote to a former neighbor in Frankfurt in March 1935: 'Think about it: today I have to register Anne for school; She will probably stay in the Montessori school.'[6] The date of Anne's admission was 16 August 1935.[7]

She was successively taught by Mr. Van Gelder, Miss Godron and Miss Kuperus.[8] According to school records, Anne was in class 6A with Miss Kuperus. Miss Kuperus was head mistress of the primary school.[2]

Anne was actually supposed to attend a seventh year of primary school, but this could not happen due to the exclusion of Jews from regular education. She therefore immediately went on to secondary school, namely the Jewish Lyceum.[8] At the start of the 1941-'42 school year, the Sixth Montessori School had 271 students. Due to the forced departure of Jewish children in September, that number dropped to 179. This immediately made one teacher supernumerary.[9]

The school was named after Anne Frank on 12 June 1957 and has since been called the 6th Montessori School Anne Frank, or Anne Frank School.[10] In 1983, a large mural with excerpts from Anne's diary was painted on the façade. In 2001, a memorial plaque was placed in the school building to commemorate the 130 Jewish students of the school who were murdered.[11]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_Montessori_I_001: Handgeschreven notitie en brief Gemeente Amsterdam, 28 april 1934, voorin inschrijfboek.
  2. a, b Algemeen Adresboek voor de stad Amsterdam 1938, p. 33 (voorwerk).
  3. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_001: leerlingenregister Voorbereidende school No. 51, volgnummer 293.
  4. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_AFrank_III_055: "Blanco Electro Monster Huishoudboek 1937", nrs. 26 en 28.
  5. ^ Algemeen Adresboek der stad Amsterdam. 85ste jaargang, 1938-1939, Amsterdam: Ellerman, Harms & Co., p. 35.
  6. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_getuigen_I_090: Edith Frank aan Gertrud Naumann, 26 maart 1935.
  7. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Montessori_I_002: Inschrijvingsregister Montessorischool, volgnummer 109.
  8. a, b Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  9. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Afdeling Onderwijs (toegang 5191), inv. nr. 7552, volgnr. 1266: conceptnota over toepassen art. 28 lid 8 Lager Onderwijswet 1920 vanwege verminderde leerlingenaantallen, 16 januari 1942.
  10. ^ Bas Moll e.a. (red.), 6e Montessorischool Anne Frank. 75 jaar en springlevend!, Amsterdam: 6e Montessorischool Anne Frank, 2008, p. 48; Wikipedia: 6th Montessori School Anne Frank.
  11. ^ Wikipedia: Dagboekfragment uit Het Achterhuis; Schoolgids 6e Montessorischool Anne frank 2010 – 2011, p. 5.

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