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Sally Kimel

Sally Kimel was a classmate of Anne Frank at the Sixth Montessori School.

Person

Fotograaf onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam
  • Salo Kimel
  • Born on: Oct. 7, 1928
  • Born in: Berlijn, Duitsland
  • Died on: Aug. 14, 2021

Sal Kimel, 1941

Fotograaf onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam

Status onduidelijk

Sally (Salo, Sol, Sal) Kimel was a classmate of Anne Frank at the Sixth Montessori School.[1] He was the son of Felix Kimel and Eva Goldberg (1893), and a cousin of Appie Reiner, also a classmate of Anne. [2] On 18 October 1941 he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the synagogue in Lekstraat.[3]

He had to suddenly go into hiding when his mother was arrested in the street, an event that also put him in danger. [4] It is not known when and where this took place. Sally was sheltered by a sister of Johannes Post, who lived in the neighbourhood of Hoogeveen. After a year, when she could no longer keep him, he went to a nearby family member, where his uncle, aunt and two cousins had been staying for some time. On 7 February 1945 they were accidently discovered by members of the Landwacht passing by. They were subsequently arrested. His uncle was interrogated, badly beaten and finally shot dead. [5] They were sent to Westerbork and stayed there until they were freed by the Canadians.[6]

In the early fifities Sally studied mathematics and physics, paid for by a weatlhy aunt. [7] This was probably Lea Goldberg.

In June 1947 Otto Frank sent him a copy of The Secret Annex, with a reference to the date on which he was mentioned. [8] He emigrated around 1954 to Israel, where he found work as a chemist.[2] He was a professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and performed research into biomedical applications of lasers.[9]

Source personal data.[10] Addresses: Berlin; Lutmastraat 15 huis, Amsterdam (1930); Zuider Amstellaan 37 II (March 1933); Daniel Willinkplein 29A hs (18 May 1940); 13 III (June 1940).

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Version A, 25 September 1942, 3rd, 6 January 1944, in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. a, b Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenverhalen 2010, Sol Kimel, disc1: Transcriptie interview Sol Kimel door David de Jongh, 4 mei 2009.
  3. ^ Het Joodsche Weekblad, 10 oktober 1942.
  4. ^ AFS, Getuigenverhalen 2010, Ab Rinat, 6b: Transcriptie interview Ab Rinat door David de Jongh, 4 mei 2009.
  5. ^ AFS, Getuigenverhalen 2010, Sol Kimel, disc 6b-c: Transcriptie interview Sol Kimel door David de Jongh, 4 mei 2009.
  6. ^ Hans Piek, Sal Kimel & Lea, Ab en Marco Reiner, Westerbork Portretten.
  7. ^ Handelingen Tweede Kamer. 1952-1953. 2966, Memorie van Toelichting No. 3 (http://www.statengeneraaldigitaal.nl, geraadpleegd februari 2012).
  8. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Correspondentie Otto Frank.
  9. ^ Wikipedia: Sol Kimel.
  10. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart E. Goldberg (1893).