Anneke Steenmeijer
Anneke Steenmeijer was active in the Anne Frank House and wrote the book 'Weerklank van Anne Frank' (Eng: 'Anne Frank's resonance') together with Otto Frank and Henri van Praag.
Anneke Steenmeijer had lessons at the School voor Maatschappelijk Werk ('School for Social Work') from Henri van Praag, who was a teacher of 'Spiritual Streams' there. In 1959, she started working for Van Praag. He was active in the Anne Frank Foundation and so Anneke Steenmeijer started archiving the letters that Otto Frank received.[1]
At the end of 1959 she went to Basel to collect a suitcase full of letters. On later visits, Otto Frank himself brought back new consignments.[1] She classified the letters according to country of origin and made excerpts. Van Praag based a ‘Studierapport t.b.v. het bestuur’ ('Study report for the board') on this, dated 1 February 1960.[1]
Because the Anne Frank House was not yet completed, she worked in the office of Van Praag's brother on Weteringschans. When she wanted to work for the International Youth Centre on Prinsengracht in May 1960, Truus Wijsmuller was initially opposed to this. Nevertheless, she was given a place to work in the private office. Steenmeijer worked part-time and part freelance for the Anne Frank Foundation until around 1974.[2]
She co-edited the book A tribute to Anne Frank (1971; orginally published in 1970 as Weerklank van Anne Frank) with Otto Frank and Henri van Praag.[3]
Addresses: Dever 26, Amsterdam (’69);[4] Slochterenlaan 34, Bussum (2010).[5]
Footnotes
- a, b, c Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Steenmeijer, Anneke: Interview door Dineke Stam, 3 december 1996.
- ^ AFS, AFC, reg code B_I_189.042 t/m 048; AFS, Getuigenarchief, Steenmeijer, Gesprek Anneke Steenmeijer met Teresien da Silva, 17 juli 2002.
- ^ “Weerklank van Anne Frank” meer heiligenleven dan documentaire”, De Tijd, 4 april 1970.