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Elize Váhl – de Roos

Elize Váhl-de Roos was the downstairs neighbour of the Frank family on Merwedeplein.

Person

  • Elize Váhl – de Roos
  • Born on: Sept. 5, 1911
  • Born in: Rotterdam, Nederland

Elize Váhl-de Roos was the downstairs neighbour of the Frank family on Merwedeplein.[1] She married the Hungarian László Váhl on 2 August 1935 in Voorburg and as a result obtained Hungarian nationality. The couple moved to Budapest and a year and a half later to Amsterdam.[2]

Elize Váhl travelled ahead of her husband to look for a house. She went to her parents in Voorburg on 1 November 1936 to organise the move to Amsterdam.[3] There, on 24 January 1937 and 8 December 1939, János László and Herman Gyula were born.[4] Anne Frank and Toosje Kupers sometimes babysat these boys. Toosje Kupers described Elize Váhl as "a very funny woman."[5]

Anne sent Elize Váhl a postcard from Laren, postmarked 31 July 1940, bearing the inscription "Greetings from Laren by Anne Frank".[6]

When her husband lost Hungarian citizenship in 1947, so did Elize Váhl.[7] He subsequently obtained Dutch citizenship in 1948.[8] This also applied to his wife.

Source personal data.[2] Addresses: Budapest; Merwedeplein 37-I, Amsterdam (December 1936); J.W. Brouwerstraat 17 boven (April 1941); Brink 18b, Muiden.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Zie Rian Verhoeven, Anne Frank was niet alleen: het Merwedeplein, 1933-1945, Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2019, p. 66-73 en passim.
  2. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart E. de Roos (1911).
  3. ^ Privébezit familie Váhl: opgeschreven herinneringen van Elize de Roos, “Jan”, p. 1-2.
  4. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart L. Váhl.
  5. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenverhalen I: Transcriptie interview Toos Buiteman – Kupers door Teresien da Silva, 23 oktober 2009, p. 12, tijscode 00:43:26 - 51.
  6. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code A_AFrank_I_006: Ansichtkaart met afbeelding van boerderij in Laren, gestempeld 31 juli 1940.
  7. ^ Privébezit familie Váhl: verklaring van de Hongaarse legatie, 11 november 1946.
  8. ^ Verslag der Handelingen van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 1948 – 1949, p. 633.