Johannes van Angeren
Johannes van Angeren was a top justice official in the late 1930s and a minister for more than two years during the war.
Person
Johannes van Angeren was Secretary-General of the Ministry of Justice at the end of the 1930s. In this office, he made things very difficult for the National Socialists in the Netherlands, and moreover, under his leadership, many cases of espionage were dealt with harshly. Therefore, in May 1940, he was one of the few top civil servants who fled with the cabinet to London. There he was Minister of Justice from February 1942 until July 1944. Back in the Netherlands, he became Secretary-General again.[1]
On 6 February 1948 Otto Frank sent him a copy of The Secret Annex, partly because Van Angeren knew Kugler, who had worked for his brother for ten years, personally.[2] Two days later, Van Angeren wrote a letter of thanks, saying: "From barbarism to civilisation, therefore, a path of centuries has been travelled, from civilisation back to barbarism ce n'est qu'un pas".[3]
Source personal data.[4] Addresses: Van Imhoffstraat 35, Den Haag (1923).[4]
Footnotes
- ^ C. Fasseur, 'Angeren, Johannes Regnerus Maria van (1894-1959)', in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg. code OFA_100: Otto Frank aan J.R.M. van Angeren, 6 februari 1948.
- ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA OFA_100: J.R.M. van Angeren aan Otto Frank, 8 februari 1948.
- a, b Parlement.com: J.R.M. (Jan) van Angeren.