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Sam Salomon

Sam Salomon was a classmate of Anne Frank at the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Samuel Salomon
  • Born on: Jan. 4, 1929
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: Sept. 14, 1942
  • Died in: Auschwitz

Sam Salomon was in class 1L2 of the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam in the school year 1941-1942.[1] In het diary Anne writes that he was one of her admirers, but characterizes him in rather unflattering terms.[2] In the story Do You Remember? she writes how he always followed her on his bicycle and wanted walk arm in arm with her.[3]

Source personal data.[4] Addresses: Sarphatipark 20 I, Amsterdam.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust en Genocidestudies, Amsterdam, Archief 181e (W.S.H. Elte), inv. nr. 2f: Absentenregister klas 1LII Joods Lyceum, 1 maart – 17 juli 1942; Dienke Hondius, Absent: herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam 1941-1943, Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 270; Wikipedia: Klas van Anne Frank.
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Tales and events from the Secret Annex, "Do You Remember? Memories of my schooldays at the Jewish Lyceum", in: The Collected Works.
  4. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart S. Salomon.