Johannes Hooykaas
Johannes Hooykaas was a lawyer with whom Otto Frank spoke after the war about the hiding and the arrest.
Johannes Hooykaas worked from 1925 on in various positions at the Ministry of Justice. He was secretary-general of the department for a few months in early 1941.[1] In 1946, he wrote to the government recommending that the death sentences pronounced in the context of the Special Jurisdiction should only be enforced in exceptional cases.[2] From 1 November 1946 to 1 November 1948 he was a councillor at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.[1]
On 22 December 1947, Hooykaas visited Otto Frank and Johannes Kleiman. They received him in their private office and discussed the hiding period, the arrest and their camp experiences with him. He had a copy of Het Achterhuis with him and made notes. He noted, among other things, that Frank and Kleiman were convinced that they had been betrayed, but that they did not know by whom. Hooykaas wrote: "Probably the occupant of a room in a house on the right hand side of the Westermarkt".[3] The meeting is confirmed by Otto Frank's appointments diary.[4] No further details are available.
On 12 December 1950 Otto Frank also offered Hooykaas a copy of the collection of short stories that had been published Weet je nog? (Tales from the House behind).[5]
Source personal data.[1]
Footnotes
- a, b, c Parlement.com: Mr. J.P. Hooykaas.
- ^ “Traag, mild en soms rechtvaardig”, Reformatorisch Dagblad, 21 maart 2002.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code B_Getuigen_VII_007: Het Achterhuis, Amsterdam: Contact, 1947, tweede druk, exemplaar van J.P. Hooykaas en voorzien van diens aantekeningen.
- ^ AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_004: Agenda 1947, 22 december 1947.
- ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code AFS.00589: Brief Otto Frank aan mr. J.P. Hooykaas, 12 december 1950.