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Martin Brouwer

During the war, Martin Brouwer was a representative of Gies & Co and a supplier of food coupons for some time.

Person

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  • Martinus Johannes Antonius Brouwer
  • Born on: May 12, 1891
  • Born in: Zwolle, Nederland
  • Died on: Jan. 29, 1966
  • Died in: Zwolle, Nederland

M.J.A. Brouwer

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Status onduidelijk

Martin Brouwer was a butcher, and later a salesman and agent.[1] He was a representative of Gies & Co and in the spring of 1944 a supplier of food coupons. Other companies he represented included Nooitgedagt (butchers' workbenches) and Wierdensche Export Slachterij.[1]

Brouwer married E.G.W.J. Bakker on 8 May 1929. Their daughter Hedwig was born on 29 May 1944;[2] the child who, according to Anne's diary, was 'on the way'.[3] He traded in coupons, part of which went to the people in hiding in the Secret Annex.[4] On 7 March 1944, he was arrested at Zwolle station for clandestinely buying and selling ration coupons in collaboration with Hendrik Daatzelaar.[5] The Zwolle police held him until 22 March.[6] In August 1944, the judge in Zwolle sentenced him to one month's imprisonment plus a fine of eight hundred guilders or eighty days, for trading in eight thousand illegal food coupons.[7]  

When Kugler ended up in Zwolle during his imprisonment, he sought contact with Martin Brouwer. The latter vouched for Kugler, who was allowed to have dinner and spend the night at Brouwer's home.[1]

 Source personal data.[2] Address: Hortensiastraat 75, Zwolle.[2]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Anne Frank Stichting, Getuigenarchief, Brouwer: Gesprek met twee kinderen Brouwer, 15 mei 2011.
  2. a, b, c Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart M.J.A. Brouwer.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 10 March 1944, in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 10, 14 and 23 March 1944, 25 May 1944; Diary Version B, 4 March 1944, in: The Collected Works.
  5. ^ Historisch Centrum Overijssel (HCO), Arrondissementsrechtbank Zwolle, inv. nr. 3381, rolnr. 13: Vonnis Arrondissementsrechtbank Zwolle, 15 augustus 1944.
  6. ^ HCO, Gemeentepolitie Zwolle, inv. nr. 25: Dag- en nachtrapporten van de afdeling Bijzondere Wetten en Economische Dienst.
  7. ^ "Een Zwolsche suiker- en dito vleeschaffaire", Provinciale Zwolsche en Overijsselsche Courant, 14 augustus 1944.