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Jan Siemons

Jan Siemons was a business relation of Johannes Kleiman and bread supplier during the hiding period.

Person

  • Jan Siemons
  • Born on: June 21, 1891
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: March 20, 1952
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Jan Siemons was director of the firm Wed. W.J. Siemons. This bakery had a number of other branches besides the main establishment at Elandsgracht 51.[1] He was a business relation of Johannes Kleiman and a bread supplier during the hiding period.[2]

In September 1945, Siemons wanted to bake long-life bread in the American way. Kleiman and Otto Frank asked Erich Elias whether he could obtain raw materials and machines via Switzerland.[3]

Source personal data.[4] Address: Pieter de Hoochstraat 3 boven, Amsterdam.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Telefoongids Amsterdam 1941.
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 5 November 1942, 3 February 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_072: Otto Frank aan Erich Elias, 14 september 1945.
  4. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J. Siemons.