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Max Sluizer

Max Sluizer was Anne's geography teacher at the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Max Sluizer
  • Amsterdam, Nederland June 24, 1906
  • Auschwitz Feb. 14, 1943

Max Sluizer studied social geography and Dutch East Indies law. In 1931, he was posted to the Dutch East Indies as a "candidate inspecting officer at the labor inspectorate for the outer regions."[1] After serving for two years on the east coast of Sumatra, he was promoted to deputy superintendent.[2] On 30 April 1934, he was honorably discharged from his post due to redundancy.[3] Returning to the Netherlands, Sluizer was initially a business manager in a textiles factory, but later became a geography teacher.[4] Anne was taught geography by him at the Jewish Lyceum.[5] 

In 1936, Sluizer married Polish-Jewish singer Dora Gerson, who was seven years older than him[6] and for whom he broke of his engagement.[7] They were members of artists' society De Kring, but were expelled during the German occupation.[8] They were arrested with their two children during an escape attempt to Switzerland and ended up in Drancy, a transit camp in France. Frrom there they were deported to Auschwitz on 11 February 1943, where they were murdered immediately upon arrival on 14 February, .

Jacques Presser wrote about Sluizer in his book Ondergang (The destruction of the Dutch Jews). He called him "Mr. S.", a "generally well-liked colleague." When Presser entered the Jewish Lyceum one morning he saw that one of the students there had written "Long live Mr. S.! "on a black board. For rumour had it that he and his family had attempted to escape to freedom and had arrived safely in Switzerland. A short time later, the true story got out.[9]

Max Sluizer was a cousin of Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer.[7]

Source personal data.[10] Addresses: Rantau Prapat (Dutch East Indies ); Stadionkade 148-II, Amsterdam (1936), Naarderweg 26 (Oct. 1940), Wallandlaan 3 (May 1941), Blaricum; Minervalaan, 5hs, Amsterdam (Dec. 1942).[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Indische dienst, De Locomotief, 2 maart 1931; Cand. inspec. Ambtenaar Drs. M. Sluizer, Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indièˆ, 12 mei 1931. Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, 2.10.36.21 Inventaris van het archief van het Ministerie van Koloniën: Stamkaarten Oost-Indische Ambtenaren, 1917-1952: Stamkaart Max Sluizer.
  2. ^ Besluiten en benoemingen, De Sumatra Post, 18 oktober 1933.
  3. ^ Ambtelijke mutaties, Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indièˆ, 3 mei 1934.
  4. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Max Sluizer.
  5. ^ E-mail Jacqueline Sanders-van Maarsen, 4 September 2012. Anne refers to him as the Geography teacher. Anne Frank, Tales and events from the Secret Annex, "My First Day at the Lyceum", 11 August 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. Anne also included him in the group of 9 masters and mistresses. Diary Version B, 21 June 1942, in The Collected Works.
  6. ^ Dora Gerson getrouwd, Haagsche Courant, 19 november 1936; Wikipedia: Dora Gerson.
  7. a, b Jacques Klöters, Facebookpost over Dora Gerson, 22 november 2020.
  8. ^ Kester Freriks, Arti gold als ‘fout’ en De Kring als ‘goed’, maar is het wel zo zwart-wit?, NRC, 29 september 2022.
  9. ^ Jacques Presser, Ondergang. De vervolging en verdelging van het Nederlandse jodendom 1940-1945, Den Haag: Staatsuitgeverij, 1985, p. 30-31.
  10. ^ Joods Monument: Max Sluizer.

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