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Bernard Roozendaal

Bernard Roozendaal was a brother-in-law of Willy Kleiman, the brother of Johannes Kleiman.

Person

  • Bernard Roozendaal
  • Born on: March 14, 1885
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: Dec. 9, 1956
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Bernard Roozendaal was by his second marriage a brother-in-law of Willy Kleiman, the brother of Johannes Kleiman. According to the Amsterdam population register, he was a merchant and instructor.[1] When mayor Plekker of Haarlem decided that all mixed marriage persons had to leave that city too, Willy arranged for his brother-in-law's family to live in Amsterdam's Antillenstraat.[2] Their daughter Greetje went into hiding in Haarlem, but because she did not feel safe there, she ran away and ended up in the Amsterdam home of her father and stepmother. When someone came to check whether her (step-)parents really lived in Antillenstraat, Greetje hid in a closet. She was not discovered, but did not dare to stay any longer. After this incident, Willy Kleiman and his brother Jo brought her to live in the Zaan region.[3]

Bernard Roozendaal was a brother of Siegfried J. Roozendaal, who did business with Pectacon and who is mentioned in Anne's diary. The brothers had been separated for years, but came together again during the difficulties of the war years.[4]

According to one of his sons, he was a chess friend of Pieter Paauwe, founder of Paauwe's Patent.

Roozendaal wrote a dialogue between Goebbels and Hitler, entitled Slotstuk van <Menschenjacht> 1942-1943 ('Final Scene of <Manhunt> 1942-1943'), 'inspired by Shakespeare'. He also wrote Een onuitgesproken cantate bij het tienjarig bestaan van de N.S.B. ('An unsung cantata on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the N.S.B.').[5] Both pieces undoubtedly appeared in print only after the liberation.

Source personal data.[1] Addresses: Teding van Berkhoutstraat 132, Haarlem; Antillenstraat 5hs, Amsterdam (2 March '43).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart B. Roozendaal.
  2. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Roozendaal: Telefoongesprek met dochter Greta Roozendaal, 22 december 2008.
  3. ^ Joods Monument Zaanstreek: Mouwes-Roozendaal (Gretha).
  4. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief, Roozendaal:Telefoongesprek met zoon Fried Roozendaal, 15 december 2008.
  5. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code A_Gies_I_125: Gedrukte gedichten van B. Roozendaal, Antillestraat 5.