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Gerrit Jongert

Gerrit Jongert lived above the Opekta office at Singel 400.

Person

  • Gerrit Jongert
  • Born on: Dec. 31, 1906
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: Sept. 29, 1990
  • Died in: Bergen (NH), Nederland

Gerrit Jongert was a painter. He lived above the Opekta office at Singel 400. Jongert was initially a driver-mechanic and joined the 18th Regiment Infantry in 1926. He remained in service until 1931, but was on extended leave a few times.[1] In early 1940, Jongert was mobilised and lived with his unit in Haarlem. During his absence, a fire broke out in his studio. According to a police report, this was probably because his five-year-old son had escaped his mother's attention. The damage was limited to the panelling and a few paintings.[2] The ground floor was still occupied by Opekta at that point. There was only water damage.[3]

Jongert's name is in Otto Frank's diary, on 29 June 1945.[4] Before he left for Switzerland in 1952, Otto Frank had two paintings varnished by Jongert.[5] Jongert's name is also listed in Otto Frank's diary on 4 February 1954.[6]

When Jongert's wife died in 1964, Otto Frank sent him a letter of condolence from Basel: "The news of the death of your dear wife has touched me deeply and makes me think back to earlier times".[7]

The MutalArt website features some of Gerrit Jongert's works.[8]

Source personal data.[9] Addresses: Singel 400-II+III, Amsterdam; Brouwersgracht 128 (1941); Bergen (1971).[9]

Footnotes

  1. ^ SAA, Archief van de Secretarie; Afdeling Militaire Zaken en rechtsvoorgangers (toegang 5182), inv. nr. 4459: Lotingsregister 1926, G – K, volgnr. 2912.
  2. ^ SAA, Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam (toegang 5225), inv. nr. 7055: Rapportenboek bureau Warmoesstraat (moet zijn: Singel), 24 april 1940, mut. 5.30 uur n.m.
  3. ^ "Brand in het atelier van een kunstschilder", Utrechts Volksblad, 25 april 1940.
  4. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code OFA_002: Agenda van Otto Frank, 29 juni 1945.
  5. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Brief van Otto Frank aan Jongert, 3 februari 1961.
  6. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_011: Agenda van Otto Frank, 4 februari 1954.
  7. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Kaartje van Otto Frank in envelop, gestempeld 20 oktober 1964. 
  8. ^ MutualArt: Gerrit Jongert.
  9. a, b SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart G. Jongert.