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Jan Gies - work at the Municipal Bureau of Social Affairs

Jan Gies worked at the Municipal Bureau of Social Affairs and its successor organisations for many years.

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Jan Gies worked for many years at the Municipal Bureau of Social Affairs and its successors. His work for Volksherstel and Stichting 1940-1945 was related to this job.

Jan Gies worked as an information officer at the Municipal Office for Social Support (later: Social Affairs) from 10 January 1937. He received a permanent appointment on 1 June 1941. On 1 June 1942 he became chief information officer, and on 1 July 1944 investigating officer. His subsequent positions were:

  • Social Labour officer on 1 April 1947,
  • Controller of Investigating Officers on 1 January 1951,
  • chief of the subdivision on 1 March 1953,
  • deputy head of department on 1 June 1960,
  • department chief on 1 July 1961,
  • district head, social workers on 1 January 1963.

He retired on 1 November 1970.[1]

On 13 June 1941, he was granted a certificate of good conduct due to 'municipal employment'.[2]

On 1 January 1953, he was issued a credential by the Director of the Municipal Social Welfare Department, on which the job title was Controller of Investigating Officers.[3]

His personal card also indicates as occupation: 'social labour officer' and 'Head of Social Affairs'.[4]

Stichting Nederlands Volksherstel

"The Stichting Nederlands Volksherstel (Dutch People's Restoration Foundation) owes its existence to the overwhelming scale of the problems surrounding the liberation, which none of the existing social charity organisations was able to cope with, and to the work ethic and drive of illegal care groups. They did most of the work in the preparations, after which their initiative was taken over in modified form by social charity organisations.'"[5]

Volksherstel was located in Amsterdam at Raamgracht 4. Social service officials, including Jan Gies, were temporarily seconded to the organisation. During May-June 1945, he was at Central Station for the reception of returnees. He then joined a sub-office at Hygieaplein.[6]

On 23 September 1946, the director of Volksherstel Amsterdam informed the director of the Municipal Service for Social Affairs that five civil servants, including Jan Gies, would transfer (i.e. return) to the latter service from 1 October 1946. He expressed his gratitude for having a "core of proven workers" temporarily at his disposal for his organisation .[7]

Stichting 1940 - 1945

"The purpose of the Foundation is to look after the [...] needs of persons [...] who during the occupation [...] contributed to the domestic resistance, [...], if after the cessation of hostilities in our country [...] they are in need of assistance. (...) Soon there was a widespread organisation, a federative collaboration of some 50 local and regional organisations."[8]

Jan Gies was an employee of Stichting 1940-1945 ('the 1940-1945 Foundation'), according to an identity card (no 96).[9]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Archief van het Gemeentelijk Pensioenbureau, toegang 5175, inv. nr. 1975: pensioenkaart J.A. Gies.
  2. ^ SAA, Algemene Zaken (toegang 5181), inv. nr. 7647, volgnr. 4834: verklaring van goed gedrag J.A. Gies.  
  3. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Colllectie (AFC), reg. code A_Gies_I_021: Legitimatiebewijs van Jan Gies van de Gemeentelijke Dienst voor Sociale Zaken in Amsterdam, gedateerd 1 januari 1953 (kopie).
  4. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.A. Gies.
  5. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Nederlands Volksherstel, nummer toegang 2.19.102: Geschiedenis van de archiefvormer.
  6. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Santrouschitz: Transcriptie interview door Dienke Hondius, 1989, map 23.
  7. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Gies_I_012: W.L. Viersma aan J.C. van Dam, 23 september 1946 (kopie).
  8. ^ Zie: https://www.st4045.nl/
  9. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_Gies_I_020: Persoonsbewijs van de Stichting 1940-1945 district Amsterdam o.n.v. J.A. Gies (kopie).