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Ans Broks - Bossen

Ans Broks - Bossen was an employee of Opekta.

Anna (Ans) Bossen had been an Opekta employee since early 1938. In the first half of that year she gave demonstrations in De Rijp, Anna Paulowna, and Woerden, among other places.[1]

She married Opekta representative John Broks on 12 March 1941.[2] The Register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages lists her professions as 'food merchant' and 'bouillon factory demonstrator'.[2] Ans Broks[3] and her husband kept in touch with Otto Frank for a long time. The last known letter from them dates from 8 April 1970.[4]

Bron persoonsgegevens.[5] Addresses: Hillegom; THe Hague (1939); Nieuwendijk 48 (1940); Overamstelstraat 23 II (12 March 1941); Wormerveer (1947).[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Opekta-demonstratie", Rijper Nieuws- en Advertentieblad,19 februari 1938; "Bond van Boerinnen en andere Plattelandsvrouwen", Heldersche Courant, 18 maart 1938 en "Vergadering en filmdemonstratie", Woerdensch Weekblad, 11 juni 1938.
  2. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart A.S. Bossen.
  3. ^ Anne refers to her as Mrs Broks. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 28 September 1942, 11th, 9 and 19 May 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_085.
  5. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart A.S. Bossen; Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (CBG), Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart A.S. Bossen
  6. ^ CBG, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart A.S. Bossen.