Maurits Goudeket
Maurits Goudeket was a teacher at the Jewish Lyceum. After the war he was for some time a board member of the Liberal Jewish Congregation in Amsterdam.
Person
After the five-year HBS, Maurits (Mau) Goudeket studied mathematics and physics. During his service in the anti-aircraft artillery, he attended an officer's training course.[1] After his studies, he was an assistant to a professor.[2] On 23 October 1940, he signed a declaration that he had more than two Jewish grandparents.[3] On 29 January 1941, he received his doctorate for a chemistry dissertation.[4] Because of the anti-Jewish measures, he had to leave his job and went to work as a teacher at the Jewish Lyceum.[5]
During the occupation, he went into hiding, separated from his wife and newborn son, and became involved in the underground.[6]
The Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad of 9 November 1945 published an advertisement in which the Verbond van liberaal-religieuze Joden (Association of Liberal Religious Jews) called on members of the former Liberaal Joodse Gemeente (Liberal Jewish Community; LJG) to help re-establish the LJG. Goudeket was a board member. Those interested could report to Goudeket.[7] On 17 November 1945 Otto Frank sent him a postcard in which he stated that he was interested in doing so.[8]
In 1947 Otto Frank sent a copy of Het Achterhuis to Goudeket, who at that time was living and working in Curaçao. Goudeket sent him an extensive letter of thanks on 8 August 1947. In it he also wrote how unfortunate it was that the new Amsterdam LJG had already fallen into disarray.[9] He was referring to internal conflicts between various parties involved.
He was appointed rector of a high school (which one is not known) in 1960 and retired in 1978.[10]
The Dr. Maurits Goudeket Park in Migdal Tefen, Israel, was established in memory of and in honor of Maurits Goudeket, for his significant contribution to the re-establishment of the liberal Jewish community in the Netherlands immediately after the war. [11]
Scource personal data.[2] Addresses: Haarlemmermeerstraat 53 III (1945); Amsterdam;[2] Pietermaaiweg 100, Willemstad, Curaçao (1947);[12] Frans van Mierisstraat 62hs, Amsterdam (1959).[2]
Footnotes
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Secretarie, Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsvoorgangers, toegang 5182, inv. nr. 4480: Lotingsregister 1932 A – G, volgnr. 1878
- a, b, c, d SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Maurits Goudeket.
- ^ SAA, Afdeling Onderwijs en Rechtsvoorgangers, toegang 5191, inv. nr. 10831: Verklaring M. Goudeket, 23 oktober 1940.
- ^ Album Academicum: M. Goudeket, 1912-1989.
- ^ Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum. Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 100.
- ^ Shirley Haasnoot, Verzet aan de UvA, Spui 53, (2002), 2, p. 8.
- ^ Advertentie, Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad, 9 november 1945
- ^ Liberaal Joodse Gemeente, Amsterdam: Briefkaart (Plikart), O. Frank p/a N.V. Ned. Opekta Mij. aan M. Goudeket, 17 november 1945.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg code OFA_100.22: Maurits Goudeket aan Otto Frank, 8 augustus 1947.
- ^ SAA, Gemeentelijk Pensioenbureau, toegang 5175, inv.nr. 1976: Pensioenkaart M. Goudeket.
- ^ Joods Nationaal Fonds: Dr. Maurits Goudeket Park.
- ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: M. Goudeket aan Otto Frank, 8 augustus 1947.