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Johannes Jacobus de Kok

Johannes Jacobus de Kok was a warehouse worker at Gies & Co.

Person

Fotograaf onbekend. Foto Stadsarchief Amsterdam, paspoortaanvragen 1940-45.
  • Johannes Jacobus de Kok
  • Born on: Sept. 14, 1901
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: March 21, 1984
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Johannes Jacobus de Kok, 1942.

Fotograaf onbekend. Foto Stadsarchief Amsterdam, paspoortaanvragen 1940-45.

Status onduidelijk

Johannes Jacobus de Kok worked as an acrobat, navvy, sailor, buffet chef, cook, hotel and warehouse clerk, among other things.[1] In the mid-1920s, he spent quite some time in the prisons on Pompstationweg (The Hague) and Havenstraat (Amsterdam).[2] In late 1942 he was working on cargo boats on the Rhine.[3]

In 1943, he worked for a few months in the warehouse of Gies & Co. with Willem van Maaren as manager. He participated in his thefts of granulated sugar and soap ingredients, and occasionally received money from him for this.[4] On 21 February 1945, De Kok was arrested for complicity in receiving stolen goods.[5] He no longer had any connections with Prinsengracht 263 at that point.

In 1963, his name came up in the treason investigation by the National Criminal Investigation Department. Otto Frank stated that he had never heard De Kok's name before.[6] Anne did know his name. She writes: "Mr. Van Maaren, the man with the shady past, and Mr. De Kok have gone home for lunch".[7]

Source personal data.[1] Addresses: 1e Jan Steenstraat 21hs, Amsterdam (1943); Anjelierstraat 176hs (1963).

Footnotes

  1. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.J. de Kok.
  2. ^ Haags Gemeentearchief, Den Haag (HGA), Gezinskaarten J.J. de Kok (http://www.denhaag.nl/digitale-stamboom.htm).
  3. ^ SAA, Secretarie, afdeling Algemene Zaken, inv. nr. 7389: Paspoortaanvraag 21 oktober 1942.
  4. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (NL-HaNA), Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (CABR), inv. nr. 23892: Verklaring d.d. 26 november 1963, p.v.b. No. 86/1963 v.H.
  5. ^ SAA, Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam, inv. nr. 6912: Rapport bureau Stadhouderskade, 21 februari 1945, mut. 14.00 uur.
  6. ^ NL-HaNA, CABR, inv. nr. 23892: P.v.b. No. 86/1963 v.H., p. 2.
  7. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 5 August 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.