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Martin Jacob Premsela

Martin Jacob Premsela taught French at the Girls' Lyceum and the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Martin Jacob Premsela
  • Born on: Jan. 25, 1896
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: July 23, 1960
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Martin Jacob Premsela taught French at the Girls' Lyceum and the Jewish Lyceum.[1] He was also a sworn translator.[2] He translated books for Meulenhoff publishers, including 'Des hommes passerènt…' by Marcelle Capy. He gave Anne Frank, Hanneli Goslar and Stella Lek private lessons once a week.[3] A lesson with a cheating incident is described in Anne's story 'Do You Remember?'.[4]

Source personal data.[2] Address: Overtoom 466 III, Amsterdam.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Gedenkboek ter gelegenheid van het 25-jarig bestaan van het Gemeentelijke Lyceum voor Meisjes te Amsterdam en het afscheid van Dr Margrita J. Freie, als rectrix van deze school, Amsterdam, 1950, p. 33; Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods lyceum Amsterdam 1941 – 1943, Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p.  291.
  2. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart M.J. Premsela.
  3. ^ Dagboek Premsela, aangehaald in: Hondius, Absent, p. 80.
  4. ^ Anne Frank, Tales and events from the Secret Annex, "Do You Remember? Memories of my schooldays at the Jewish Lyceum'', in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. See also: Diary Version B, 21 June 1942, in: The Collected Works.