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Helena Kupers - Gielen

Helena Kupers was a neighbour of the Frank family on Merwedeplein.

Person

  • Helena Josephina Maria Catharina Kupers - Gielen
  • Born on: March 29, 1893
  • Born in: Den Bosch, Nederland
  • Died on: Jan. 19, 1964
  • Died in: Raalte, Nederland

Helena Kupers was a neighbour of the Frank family on Merwedeplein.[1] In 1921, She married J.A.M. Kupers, who died on 30 October 1953. In 1962, she lived for a short time with the family of her daughter Toosje and son-in-law Jan Buitemen.[2] In the film footage of the wedding of Mr and Mrs Van Kalken-Burger, some members of the Kupers family can be seen looking out of the window at the bride and groom.[3] In June 1947 the Kupers family received a copy of Het Achterhuis with an accompanying letter in which Otto mentioned that on "8.6.42" (he must mean 8 July) they appear in the diary as 'the neighbours'.[4] This passage is about caring for Anne's cat Moortje.

Source personal data.[5] Addresses: Merwedeplein 39 III, Amsterdam (May ’36).[6]; Lodykestraat 9 IV (’62); Raalte (’62).[7]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Referred to by Anne as the neighbors. Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 8 July 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart H.J.M.C. Gielen.
  3. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code A_AFrank_IV_002a.
  4. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Otto Frank aan de familie Kupers.
  5. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart H.J.M.C. Gielen; Overlijdensadvertentie, De Tijd, 20 januari 1964.
  6. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Gezinskaarten (toegangsnummer 5421): Gezinskaart J.A.M. Kupers. 41 huis (’43)
  7. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart H.J.M.C. Gielen.