Nelly Voskuijl
Nelly Voskuijl was a sister of Bep Voskuijl.
Person
Hendrika Petronella (Nelly) Voskuijl was a sister of Bep Voskuijl.[1] On Saturday evening, 1 November 1941, she was walking down Nieuwendijk with a German non-commissioned officer. Because she was a minor, a policeman took her to the Warmoesstraat police station. Her father Johan Voskuijl picked her up there the next morning.[2]
In December 1942, she applied for a passport, with the necessary parental consent because she was a minor.[3] Nelly worked for some time at a German air force base near Laon in the north of France. Exact dates are not known, but she was there at least in the spring of 1944. She was there during heavy bombardments. She was back in Amsterdam at the beginning of May 1944.[4] In a 2015 biography of Bep Voskuijl, Joop van Wijk, Bep youngest son, and journalist Jeroen de Bruyn accused Nelly not only of collaboration with the Germans, but also of possibly having played a role in the alleged betrayal of the inhabitants of the Secret Annex.[1] They provided no conclusive evidence for both of these accusations.[5]
In October 1945, Nelly left for Groningen, but in the spring of 1953 she returned to Amsterdam and moved in with her mother at Lumeijstraat 18-I.[6] In July 1954, Johann Marcus Carl Leibbrandt (1909-1979) was also registered at that address.[7] In the 1930s, Leibbrandt was known as a talented draughts player.[8] During the occupation, he was put to work in Germany. In May 1943, he was issued a passport to work in Germany.[9] He left on 19 May 1943 to work at Gerhard Fieseler Werke, a German aircraft manufacturer in Kassel.[10] In May 1956, Nelly married him in Rotterdam.[11] The marriage remained childless. They eventually settled in Koudum in Friesland. Leibbrandt died in August 1979,[12] Nelly in April 2001.[13] Both were buried at De Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats in Amsterdam.
Source personal data.[6] Address:Lumeijstraat 18 II, Amsterdam.[6]
Footnotes
- a, b Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl & Jeroen De Bruyn, The last secret of the Secret Annex: the untold story of Anne Frank, her silent protector, and a family betrayal, New York, NY & London: Simon & Schuster, 2023. Originally published in Dutch in 2015.
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Politierapporten '40-'45, archiefnummer 5225, inventarisnummer 7009: Meldingsrapporten Bureau Warmoesstraat, 1 november 1941, 12.50 v.m. en 2 november 1941, 10.00 v.m.
- ^ SAA, Paspoortaanvragen '40-'45, archiefnummer 5181, inventarisnummer 7481: Paspoortaanvraag Hendrika Petronella Voskuijl.
- ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6, 11, 19 and 25 May 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting: 'Verraadtheorie Voskuijl op aannames gebaseerd', Het Parool, 10 april 2015. For further reading, see: Rosemary Sullivan, The betrayal of Anne Frank: a cold case investigation, New York, NY: Harper, 2020, p. 170-180.
- a, b, c SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Hendrika Petronella Voskuijl.
- ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Johann Marcus Carl Leibbrandt.
- ^ Dammen om het kampioenschap in Arnhem, Arnhemsche Courant, 2 februari 1932 (via Delpher).
- ^ SAA, Paspoortaanvragen '40-'45, archiefnummer 5181, inventarisnummer 7402: Paspoortaanvraag J.C.M. Leibbrandt.
- ^ SAA, Tewerkgestelden '40-'45, archiefnummer 5236, inventarisnummer 1270: Johann M.C. Leibbrandt.
- ^ Burgerlijke stand van Rotterdam, Het Rotterdamsch Parool, 4 mei 1956 (via Delpher).
- ^ SAA, Begraafregisters,483.A: Overledene Johann Marcus Carl Leibbrandt; Burgerlijke stand, Leeuwarder Courant, 3 september 1979 (via Delpher).
- ^ SAA, Begraafregisters, Archiefnummer 483.A: Overledene Hendrika Petronella Voskuijl.