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Rien Stoppelman-Van der Reis

Rien Stoppelman was the landlady of Jan and Miep Gies.

Person

  • Henderine Saartje Stoppelman-Van der Reis
  • Born on: June 22, 1893
  • Born in: Groningen, Nederland
  • Died on: Dec. 15, 1979
  • Died in: Bussum, Nederland

Henderine Saartje (Rien) Stoppelman-Van der Reis was the landlady of Jan and Miep Gies. She married Arond Stoppelman on 14 November 1912 in Groningen.[1] Arond Stoppelman ended up on a ship bound for England in May 1940 and stayed in London during the war years. His wife therefore decided to look for tenants and these ended up being Jan and Miep Gies.[2] She corresponded with her husband through the Red Cross.

She went into hiding with Mrs Van der Horst in Hilversum[3] (not Bussum).[4] The contact arose because Mrs Van der Horst was acquainted with Mrs Stoppelman's son-in-law, Louis Cohen.[5] Later (late 1943 - early 1944) she stayed with relatives in Garderen. This followed the quartering of German officers in the house of Mrs. Van der Horst on 3 November 1943.[5] Meanwhile, correspondence with her husband through the Red Cross continued.[6]

Upon returning to the house on Hunzestraat, problems arose because Miep had seen fit to give away most of Mrs. Stoppelman's clothes.

Source personal data.[7] Addresses: Hunzestraat 25 huis, Amsterdam; Bussum (’72).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart H.S. van der Reis.
  2. ^ Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold, Herinneringen aan Anne Frank. Het verhaal van Miep Gies, de steun en toeverlaat van de familie Frank in het Achterhuis, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 1987, p. 59-60.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 10 October 1942, 1st, 26 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Santrouschitz: Jan Gies in interview 1992,
  5. a, b Privébezit familie Kunz: "Church women talk": Transcriptie van een handgeschreven lezing door Catharina van der Horst - Rambonnet, ongedateerd, trancriptie 2017-'18.
  6. ^ AFS, Collecties, Stoppelman 1943-169.jpg.
  7. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart H.S. van der Reis; Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart H.S. van der Reis.