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Names of Jan Gies

Variations of Jan Gies's name.

Subject

Jan Gies's full name is Jan Augustus Gies.[1] His paternal grandfather had exactly the same name.[2]

When Anne Frank wrote the second version (the B version) of her diary, she wrote a list of the names she wanted to give the people in a book to be published later. She gave Jan the name Henk van Santen.[3] In the first edition of the diary (1947), this remained Henk van Santen.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dinst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.A. Gies.
  2. ^ SAA, DIenst Bevolkingsregister, Arciefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart C. Gies (1868).
  3. ^ 'Pseudoniemenlijstje', in: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD) (samenst.), De dagboeken van Anne Frank, 5e, verb. en uitgebr. druk, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2001, p. 70.
  4. ^ Anne Frank, Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944, Amsterdam: Contact, 1947.