Ton Dunselman

Ton Dunselman was legal adviser to several companies of Otto Frank and Johannes Kleiman.^[1] He was a son of the Amsterdam artist and church painter Jan Dunselman (1863-1931). He attended Ignatius College and then studied law. As a lawyer and procurator, he held supervisory directorships and similar positions at various companies, such as Maggi and Dr Oetker.^[2] From January 1935 he was a supervisory director at Opekta.^[3] In 1938, he was co-founder of Pectacon, alongside Jo Kleiman.^[4]

After divorce from his first wife in 1936, he married Catharina Regina Panman later that year. They had a son and a daughter.^[5]

In 1939, Dunselman drafted the application with which Miep Gies (then Santrouschitz) applied for Dutch nationality.^[6]

In an attempt to make Pectacon no longer meet the criteria of the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle, he invested — on behalf of Otto Frank — 3,000 guilders, on 4 April 1941.^[7] When Pectacon had to be liquidated in 1941, Dunselman received three thousand guilders from the balance. In the same year Otto Frank received a letter from J.M. Jansen via Tonny Ahlers that caused him concern. He let Dunselman read it. On his advice, the letter was destroyed.^[8]

After his return from Auschwitz, Otto Frank became involved in helping war orphans. He helped place several children who had lost their parents with foster families or relatives. Dunselman was also repeatedly involved in these meetings.^[9]

Dunselman remained involved with Opekta as a supervisory director until 1975.^[10]

Source personal data.^[5] Adresses: Willemsparkweg 50, Amsterdam^[11] (at time of birth), Middenweg 50, Watergraafsmeer; Raphaëlstraat 22, Amsterdam, Keizersgracht 453,^[12] Stadionkade 143-III (1938), Beethovenstraat 164-II (1948).^[5]