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Simon Zilverberg

Simon Zilverberg was a brother-in-law of Miep Gies.

Person

  • Simon Zilverberg
  • Born on: July 31, 1904
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died in: Mishawaka, Indiana, USA

Simon Zilverberg was born 31 July 1904 in Amsterdam. He was a company director of a vinegar factory and an office clerk for medicinal products.[1] He married Catharina Maria Nieuwenburg on 30 March 1932 in Amsterdam. She was the daughter of Laurens Nieuwenburg and Johanna Nieuwenburg-Moene, Miep Gies' foster parents.[2] On 7 September 1934, their son Jacob Zilverberg was born.[3]

Due to his marriage to Catharina, the Germans considered Zilverberg an intermarried Jew.[4] This gave him some protection during the occupation. On 6 October 1942, Anne Frank writes in her diary about a search of the house of Miep Gies' foster parents,[5] who at the time were living with their daughter and son-in-law at Deurloostraat 92 II. Nothing is known about the search of their home, nor if the home's contents were itemised by the Hausraterfassung.

Simon Zilverberg died in February 1980 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]

Source personal data.[3] Addresses: Trompenburgstraat 16 I, Amsterdam; Deurloostraat 92 II ('36);[6] Kanaal Noord 1, Apeldoorn (’50).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart S. Zilverberg.
  2. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart C.M. Nieuwenburg. Anne refers to Simon Zilverberg as: son-in-law. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 October 1942 (with 30 September 1942), in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. a, b, c Akevoth: Familiy page Simon Zilverbeg.
  4. ^ Arolsen Archives, Index cards from the Judenrat (Jewish Council) file in Amsterdam, Document ID: 130405463: Simon Zilverberg.
  5. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 October 1942 (with 30 September 1942), in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  6. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten (toegangsnummer 5445), inv. nr. 73: Woningkaart Deurloostraat 92 II.