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Martinus Slegers

Martinus Slegers was a night watchman and discovered the break-in at the Opekta building.

Person

  • Martinus Slegers
  • Born on: Aug. 12, 1885
  • Born in: Deurne, Nederland
  • Died on: Sept. 20, 1965
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Martinus Slegers worked as a sand mould maker and later as a night watchman.[1] He was the night watchman who discovered the break-in of the Opekta building on 9 April 1944.[2] He was subsequently also employed as a night watchman by Gies & Co.[3]

 Source personal data.[1] Addresses: Herengracht 100hs, Amsterdam (1930).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), DIenst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart M. Slegers.
  2. ^ SAA, Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam, inv. nr. 2036: Meldingsrapport Warmoesstraat, 9 april 1944, mut 23.25, en dagboeknotitie van 9 april 1944.
  3. ^ Anne refers to him as Sleegers, the night watchman en Mr Sleegers. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 9 and 11 April 1944, in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.