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Alfred Klee

Alfred Klee was the grandfather of Hanneli Goslar, a friend of Anne Frank.

Person

  • Alfred Klee
  • Born on: Jan. 15, 1875
  • Born in: Berlijn, Duitsland
  • Died on: Nov. 10, 1943
  • Died in: Westerbork, Nederland

Alfred Klee was the grandfather of Hanneli Goslar,[1] a friend of Anne Frank. Immediately after Kristallnacht, his son-in-law Hans Goslar submitted a request for temporary residence in the Netherlands for his parents-in-law. On 23 November 1938 the Department of Justice decided to grant this request.[2]  On 12 August 1940, he was deprived of his 'deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit'.[3] Alfred Klee was a doctor of law,[4] and member of the 'Beirat' of the Jewish Council.[5]

Alfred Klee was a Zionist from his youth and worked with Theodor Herzl and other Zionist pioneers.[6] He passed away on the 10th of November 1943 in Westerbork.[7] The news of his death appeared over two weeks later in a New York magazine.[8] 

Bron persoonsgegevens.[7] Addresses: Tauentzienstraße 13, Berlin;[4] Zuider Amstellaan 16 II, Amsterdam.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne referred to him as (one of): Mrs. Goslar's parents. Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 5 July 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Ministerie van Justitie, Verbaalarchief, 1915-1955; Kabinetsarchief, 1915-1940, nummer toegang 2.09.22, inv. nr. 14812 (Q3683) en 11583.
  3. ^ Hans Georg Lehmann & Michael Hepp (Einl.), Die Ausbürgerung deutscher Staatsangehöriger 1933 – 45 nach den im Reichsanzeiger veröffentlichten Listen. Band 1. Listen in chronologischer Reihenfolge, München: Saur, 1985, p. 396.
  4. a, b Berliner Adressbuch 1937, p. 1296 (http://adressbuch.zlb.de).
  5. ^ J. Presser, Ondergang. De vervolging en verdelging van het Nederlandse jodendom 1940 - 1945, 's-Gravenhage: Staatsuitgeverij, 1965, deel I, p. 422.
  6. ^ See: Wikipedia: Alfred Klee.
  7. a, b Zie: Joods Monument: Alfred Klee.
  8. ^ "Dr. Alfred Klee, German - Jewish leader, dies in concentration camp in Holland", JTA Daily News Bulletin (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, New York), vol. X, nr. 273, 26 november 1943.   
  9. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten, inv. nr. 302: Woningkaart Zuider Amslellaan 16 II.