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Margaretha Slegers - Aerts

Margaretha Aerts was married to Martinus Slegers, the night watchman who discovered the break-in in the Opekta building.

Person

  • Margaretha Gertruda Slegers - Aerts
  • Maasbree, Nederland March 11, 1887
  • Amsterdam, Nederland Aug. 31, 1973

Margaretha Gertruda Slegers-Aerts married on 18 June 1909 in Maasbree to Martinus Slegers, the night watchman who discovered the burglary of the Opekta premises on 9 April 1944.[1] She was widowed in 1965.[2] Jan Gies spoke to her about the burglary.[3]

Source personal data.[2] Address: Herengracht 100hs, Amsterdam (1930-1955).[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam, onbekend inv. nr.: Rapport Warmoesstraat 9 april 1944, mut 23.25.
  2. a, b, c SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart M.G. Aerts.
  3. ^ Anne refers to her as: his (Slegers') wife, Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 11 April 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.