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Willem Frederik Westermann

W.F. Westermann was a business associate of the company Gies & Co.

Person

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  • Willem Frederik Westermann
  • Born on: Feb. 5, 1900
  • Died on: April 17, 1989

W.F. Westermann, 1938

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Status onduidelijk

W.F. Westermann was a business associate of the company Gies & Co.[1] He was a broker in spices.[2] After attending the Netherlands School of Commerce, he studied economics at the University of Amsterdam.[3]  

Westermann wrote a statement on 18 February 1946 that he had known Otto Frank personally and professionally for years, and could vouch for him wholeheartedly.[4] He also gave a reference for Otto Frank during his naturalisation process.[5] Westermann received a copy of The Secret Annex from Otto Frank, and on 5 July 1947 he wrote a thank-you letter.[6] Otto stayed in touch with Westermann until the end of his life. In 1978 he wrote: 'I shall never forget how you helped me, when the business was really struggling in 1941/42.'[7]

Source personal data [2] Addresses: Schubertstraat 25, Amsterdam; De Boelelaan 217 (’71).[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne refers to him as Mr Westerman. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 20 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W.F. Westermann.
  3. ^ SAA, Stichting W.F. Westermannfonds (toegang 773), inv. nr. 11: Mededeling No. 5, juli 1958; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Brief van W.F. Westermann aan Otto Frank, 5 juli 1947 met de drs.-titel in briefhoofd.
  4. ^ NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies, Amsterdam, inv. nr. 292, N.V. Nederlandsche Opekta Maatschappij: Belangrijke zaken Otto Frank.
  5. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Ministerie van Justitie, Verbaalarchief, 1915-1955; Kabinetsarchief, 1915-1940, nummer toegang 2.09.22: Otto Frank aan de Meester, 9 februari 1946.
  6. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: W.F. Westermann aan Otto Frank, 5 juli 1947.
  7. ^ SAA, Westermannfonds, inv. nr. 76: Otto Frank aan Westermann, 15 september 1978.