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Ernst Moritz Meijer

Ernst Moritz Meijer was an acquaintance of Otto Frank.

Person

  • Ernst Moritz Meijer
  • Born on: March 3, 1907
  • Born in: Bremen, Duitsland
  • Died on: May 4, 1977
  • Died in: Los Angeles, USA

Ernst Moritz Meijer was an acquaintance of Otto Frank. He was a rag-and-bone man and came from Bremen to the Netherlands in 1933.[1] In August 1937 he left Maastricht for Amsterdam. After a few months, he married Eva Weijers on 27 April 1938. Eva's sister Kitty Weijers and Walter Lippmann were their witnesses.[2]

The family had three sons: Frank Harry (1939), Paul James (1940) and Ronald Leon (1944).[3] On 6 November 1940, his mother, who lived with them, died in an accident.[4] In 1941, as a German Jew living outside Germany, he lost his nationality. As a mixed married family, they survived the occupation.

In January 1945 he hid some fugitives in his house who were on the run from the Sicherheitsdienst. During his naturalisation from a stateless person to a Dutch citizen, this was put forward as proof that he was 'on the right side'.[5] His naturalisation was approved in the Senate on 2 November 1950.[6]

A year later, the family moved to New York,[3] and later to Los Angeles.[7] When Meijer heard about Otto's intended marriage to Fritzi Markovits he wished them happiness. In the same letter, he wrote about a television broadcast in America about the diary. In particular, he found the characters of Peter, Margot and Otto - all of whom he knew - realistic.[8]

Through Otto Frank, the Meijer family came into contact with the playwrights Albert Hackett and Frances Hackett-Goodrich.[9]

The correspondence between the Meijer family and Otto and Fritzi Frank-Markovits continued for years.[10]

Source personal data.[11] Addresses: Bremen; Botticellistraat 36-II, Amsterdam (Sept. 1934), Alexander Battalaan 72, Maastricht (May 1935);[12] Beethovenstraat 74-III, Amsterdam (Aug. 1937), Slaakstraat 5-III (April 1938), Zuider Amstellaan 38 huis (July 1939); New York (Nov. 1951);[3] 1011 Meadowbrook Avenue, Los Angeles (1952); 907 Hauser Boulevard, LA (1957).[13]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Verslag der Handelingen van de Tweede Kamer der Staten – Generaal, 1949 – 1950, Bijlagen, Kamerstuknr. 1743, ondernr. 3.
  2. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister: Gezinskaarten (toegangsnummer 5422): Gezinskaart E.M. Meijer; SAA, Burgerlijke Stand (toegang 5009), inv. nr. 6483: Huwelijksakten 1938, deel 15, 15v, akte 29.
  3. a, b, c SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart E.M. Meijer.
  4. ^ SAA, Archiefkaart Eleonore Cohen; overlijdensbericht, Algemeen Handelsblad, 7 november 1940.
  5. ^ Handelingen Tweede Kamer, 1949 – 1950, Kamerstuknr. 1743, ondernr. 3.
  6. ^ Verslag der Handelingen van de Eerste Kamer der Staten – Generaal, 1950 – 1951, p. 109.
  7. ^ Anne Frank Stichtig (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code OFA_085: E.M. Meijer, 25 november 1952 en 31 december 1957.
  8. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: E.M. Meijer, 25 november 1952.
  9. ^ Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research, Madison, WI, Goodrich and Hackett papers, doos nr. 2, correspondentie 1 december 1953 - 29 december 1955, Otto Frank aan Frances Goodrich en Albert Hackett, 1 januari 1954.
  10. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Briefwisseling met het gezin E.M. Meijer, de oudste brief is van 25 november 1952, de jongste van 25 juli 1972. Mogelijk is deze correspondentie niet compleet.
  11. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart E.M. Meijer; Anne AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Brief van Rohn Meijer aan Otto en Fritzi Frank, 8 mei 1977.
  12. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister: Gezinskaarten (toegangsnummer 5422): Gezinskaart E.M. Meijer.
  13. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: brieven van E.M. Meijer, 25 november 1952 en 31 december 1957.