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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

Fotograaf onbekend. Afkomstig van de Liberaal Joodse Gemeente Amsterdam
  • Maurits Goudeket
  • Amsterdam, Nederland Aug. 11, 1912
  • Amsterdam, Nederland May 12, 1989

Maurits Goudeket

Fotograaf onbekend. Afkomstig van de Liberaal Joodse Gemeente Amsterdam

Status onduidelijk

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 obtained his doctorate in physics from the University of Amsterdam (UvA).[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, Goudeket went into hiding, separately from his wife and newborn son, with the help of A.M.J.F. (Teun) Michels, under whose supervision he had completed his doctorate. He became involved in the resistance.[6] The family survived their time in hiding. After the war, Goudeket taught for a short time at the Gemeentelijke Inhaalcursus voor Ondergedoken Leerlingen (Municipal Remedial Course for Pupils Who Had Been in Hiding; GICOL).[7]

The Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad of 9 November 1945 published an advertisement in which the Verbond van Liberaal Religieuze Joden in Nederland (Association of Liberal Religious Jews in the Netherlands) 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.[8] On 17 November 1945 Otto Frank sent him a postcard in which he stated that he was interested in doing so.[9]

Goudeket moved to Curaçao in 1946, where he worked as a science teacher at Peter Stuyvesant College (now: Kolegio Alejandro Paula). He also served as a lay rabbi for the Jewish community at Temple Emmanuel.[7]

In 1947 Otto Frank sent a copy of Het Achterhuis to Goudeket. 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.[10] He was referring to internal conflicts between various parties involved.

He returned to the Netherlands in 1959 and was appointed headmaster of the Spinoza Lyceum in 1960. He retired in 1978.[11] Between 1963 and 1977, he also served as chairman of the LJG Amsterdam.[7]

In 1962, Goudeket was asked to become chairman of the Anne Frank House. Although Otto Frank supported this proposal, he expected Goudeket to decline the offer. He assumed Goudeket already had plenty of other commitments.[12] At the board meeting on 29 November 1962, it was announced that Goudeket had indeed declined the position.[13] Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi of the LJG, was subsequently appointed chairman.[14]

Goudeket also held senior positions within the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), was involved in the establishment of the Centrum Informatie en Documentatie Israël (Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel; CIDI, and served as chair of the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk (Jewish Social Work Foundation; JMW) between 1977 and 1984.[7]

The Dr. Maurits Goudeket Park in Migdal Tefen, Israel, was established in memory of and in honour of Maurits Goudeket, for his significant contribution to the re-establishment of the liberal Jewish community in the Netherlands immediately after the war.[15]

Source personal data.[2] Addresses: Haarlemmermeerstraat 53 III, Amsterdam (1945);[2] Pietermaaiweg 100, Willemstad, Curaçao (1947);[16] Frans van Mierisstraat 62hs, Amsterdam (1959).[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Secretarie, Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsvoorgangers, toegang 5182, inv. nr. 4480: Lotingsregister 1932 A – G, volgnr. 1878
  2. a, b, c, d SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Maurits Goudeket.
  3. ^ SAA, Afdeling Onderwijs en Rechtsvoorgangers, toegang 5191, inv. nr. 10831: Verklaring M. Goudeket, 23 oktober 1940.
  4. ^ Album Academicum: M. Goudeket, 1912-1989.
  5. ^ Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum. Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 100.
  6. ^ Shirley Haasnoot, Verzet aan de UvA, Spui 53, (2002), 2, p. 8.
  7. a, b, c, d Allard Pierson, Archief en database van het Joods Biografisch Woordenboek (UBA938): Maurits Goudeket, P-1481.
  8. ^ Advertentie, Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad, 9 november 1945
  9. ^ Liberaal Joodse Gemeente, Amsterdam: Briefkaart (Plikart), O. Frank p/a N.V. Ned. Opekta Mij. aan M. Goudeket, 17 november 1945.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ SAA, Gemeentelijk Pensioenbureau, toegang 5175, inv.nr. 1976: Pensioenkaart M. Goudeket.
  12. ^ AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_321.3: Brief van Otto Frank aan G.M. Greup, 3 november 1962.
  13. ^ AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_336.2: Notulen bestuursvergadering van de Anne Frank Stichting, 29 november 1962.
  14. ^ AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_336.2: Notulen bestuursvergadering van de Anne Frank Stichting, 31 januari 1963.
  15. ^ Joods Nationaal Fonds: Dr. Maurits Goudeket Park.
  16. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: M. Goudeket aan Otto Frank, 8 augustus 1947.

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