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Victor Bernhard

Victor Bernhard was the husband of Willy Lucie van Steenvelt, a niece of Jan Gies.

Victor Bernhard was the husband of Willy Lucie van Steenvelt, a niece of Jan Gies. HIs engagement to Willy was celebrated on 6 May 1944. Miep attended this engagement party. According to Anne, she ate, smoked and drank a lot while there.[1] Victor Berhard subsequently made a party scrapbook, in which he listed the guests and the presents that they gave. He also pasted in photos, cards and congratulatory messages. Jan and Miep Gies gave a crystal vase.[2] The marriage took place on 16 May 1947.[3]  HIs wife died on 19 May 2006.

Source personal data [4]  Address: Ruysdaelkade 39-I.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Is reffered to by Anne as: the bridegroom. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 8 May 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Privécollectie M. den Drijveer - Bernhard: Verlovingsalbum Victor Bernhard en Lucie van Steenvelt. De informatie dat het Victor is die dit album zo nauwkeurig maakten, is afkomstig van hun dochter Marian (1948).
  3. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart R. Gies.
  4. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.N.E. Brand (1883); Rouwkaart Victor Bernhard, gestuurd aan de Anne Frank Stichting door dochter Marian den Drijver - Bernhard.
  5. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.N.E. Brand (1883).