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Johanna Briels

Johanna Briels was a lodger with the Frank family in the house on Merwedeplein.

Person

Fotograaf onbekend. Foto Stadsarchief Amsterdam, paspoortaanvragen 1940-45.
  • Johanna Antonia Francisca Briels
  • Born on: Oct. 9, 1908
  • Born in: Tilburg, Nederland
  • Died on: June 17, 1950
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Johanna Antonia Fransisca Briels, 1942.

Fotograaf onbekend. Foto Stadsarchief Amsterdam, paspoortaanvragen 1940-45.

Publiek domein

Johanna Briels was a lodger with the Frank family in the house at Merwedeplein 37-II. She was an older sister of the actor and director Carel Briels.[1] She worked as a shorthand typist and later as secretary of the Deutsche Zeitung.[2] In 'Lodgers or Tenants' from Anne's Tales from the Secret Annex, she appears as 'Salvation Army Josephine'.[3] She married former Olympic rower L.H.F. (Bert) Gunther[4] on 12 August 1942. The marriage lasted until December 1946.[2]

Source personal data.[2] Address: Merwedeplein 37 II (28 November 1939 - 28 May 1940).[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten J.A.F. Briels en C.A. Briels; TheaterEncyclopedie: Carel Briels.
  2. a, b, c, d SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.A.F. Briels.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Tales and events from the Secret Annex, "Lodgers or Tenants", 15 October 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ Wikipedia: Bert Gunther.