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Gien Amende - Zaaiman

The Frank family placed a quantity of goods in storage with the Amende family during the period in hiding.

The Frank family placed a quantity of goods in storage with the Amende family during the period in hiding..[1] Gien Zaaiman married H.J. Amende on 28 July 1909 in Amsterdam.[2]There is a photo of the kitchen of the guest house she ran at Amsteldijk 11. In the photo are Gien Amende, her daughter Jo Bunjes-Amende, an unknown woman and Thor, the sheepdog of the Amende family.[3] Thor is the only animal named in the diary who appears in a photo.[4] There is also a photo of Mr and Mrs Amende with their daughter and son-in-law.

Source personal data.[2] Addresses: Amsteldijk 11 bovenhuis, Amsterdam; Rijnstraat 238 III (December 1938).[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 24 January 1944, 3 February 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart L. Zaaiman.
  3. ^ AFS, Foto's Getuigenarchief, Bunjes-Amende, Amsteldijk 11 voorkant.
  4. ^ Anne refers to him as Tor. Anne Frank, Version A, 24 January 1944, in: The Collected Works; [transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty; transl. from the German language by Kirsten Warner and transl. from the Dutch language by Nancy Forest-Flier]. London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.

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Thor, hond van de familie Bunjes - Amende.

Thor aan de voeten van mevrouw Bunjes-Amende, geheel rechts Gien Amende-Zaaiman, omstreeks 1937-38.