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Margaretha Godron

Margaretha Godron was Anne Frank's teacher at the Sixth Montessori School.

Margaretha Godron was Anne Frank's teacher at the Sixth Montessori School.[1] She was the daughter of a teacher,[2] and obtained her HBS diploma on 22 June 1932 at the Municipal Lyceum for Girls in Amsterdam.[3]

In the summer of 1934, she passed the 'useful handicrafts' exam.[4] On 23 July 1937, she also obtained the certificate of proficiency as a head teacher.[5] From 16 August 1939, she was a teacher at the Sixth Montessori School.[6] Towards the end of her career, she published a book on Montessori pedagogy.[7]

Source personal data.[8] Address: Lutmastraat 263 II, Amsterdam.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. a, b Stadsarchied Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W.F.J. Godron.
  3. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Godron: Kopie Getuigschrift HBS-4.  
  4. ^ "Examen nuttige handwerken", Algemeen Handelsblad, 31 juli 1934.
  5. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Godron: Kopie akte.
  6. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief Godron: Kopie ‘Staat van Dienst’, opgesteld 13 maart 1973.
  7. ^ M. Godron, Montessoriopvoeding en -onderwijs. Montessoriopvoeding en -onderwijs waarbij ingbegrepen kosmische opvoeding, voortbouwend op de montessorikleuterschool, Groningen: Wolters Noordhoff, z.j. (1974).
  8. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart M. Godron; Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag: Extract-persoonslijst M. Godron.