32 ‘Father made Margot and me a filing box with cards that are blanc on one side. This will become our card catalogue of books; we will both write down what books we have read, by whom they were written and the date.’ ( The Diaries , 27 February 1943).
33 The Diaries , 11 May 1944.
34 http://www.ymere.nl/ymere/index.asp?id=125 .
35 Eva Schloss’ book ( Herinneringen van een joods meisje [Memories of a Jewish Girl] (Breda, 2005)) states that she became Anne’s friend. Eva lived at Merwedeplein during the same period as Anne. Anne does not mention her in her diary.
36 ‘I NEVER read Anne’s diary, in spite of the fact that my daughter left it in our house for over a year. And probably I never will. My opinion on all those publications is the subject is being milked out (...) I think history has become too much focused on Anne, while so many other things were going on in the neighourhood [Francien lived near the Franks].’ (translation of a Dutch email from Francien Bachra, 21 December 2010).
37 http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/andere-tijden/afleveringen/2002-2003/Hilde-Goldberg.html
38 http://www.bijbelaantekeningen.nl/blog/2011/01/19/oproep-informatie-over-anne-frank- gezocht/ , De Weekkrant Amsterdam 11 January 2011 p. 4, http://www.dichtbij.nl/amsterdam- zuid/regionaal-nieuws/artikel/1882689/gezocht-getuigen-anne-frank.aspx , www.echo.nl 28 December 2010, http://hetverhalenarchief.nl/user-stories , Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad ( NIW ) 17 14 January 2011 p.37, http://rivierenbuurt.weblog.nl/2008/05/08/profielschets- stadsdeelvoorzitter/ , http://www.seniorennet.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71829&sid=432713e3d58f49e9b534626b8 63b51a5 . , http://www.deweekkrant.nl/pages.php?page=1528934 , Weekblad De Echo Editie 20" Amsterdam Oud-Zuid 2 February 2011, http://www.joodswelzijn.nl/de-Benjamin-Joodse- agenda/Oproepjes-activiteiten-ingezonden-door-lezers.aspx . The Centraal Joods Overleg (CJO, the Netherlands Central Jewish Consulting Body) does not have a magazine and only places content on their website that is directly related to the CJO. Some organisations, such as Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen and the Stadtbibliothek Aachen, do not have a newsletter. The Westerbork Camp Memorial Centre (Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork) and the Anne Frank Stichting in Amsterdam did not reply when I asked for permission to publish a request for information about Anne.
39 http://www.zuidelijkewandelweg.nl/ .
40 http://www.anne-in-de-buurt.nl/ .
41 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ( www.faz.de ), http://www.zeitungsverlag-aachen.de/ , http://www.az-web.de .
42 Max C. van der Glas.
43 http://www.geheugenvanplanzuid.nl/ingezonden/113.htm .
44 This also applies to some of Anne’s other former neighbours who may have seen Anne without knowing. ‘I am afraid I cannot help you because I never met Anne. Still, our paths must have crossed regularly since we lived in Niersstraat across the school that Anne attended for a few years. By coincidence, I worked at Sporthuis Centrum in 1961, and there I became acquainted with a girl from Rotterdam who would travel up and down between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. She later found a room with the Vergnes family at 15 Merwedeplein . This means we know the roof terrace very well, although it was quite a feat to climb up there because it had no regular exit. Incidentally, I married that girl, and that will be 48 years ago this January [2011].’ (Translation of email from John Hendriks, 22 December 2010).
45 http://www.nai.nl/bezoek/info .
46 http://www.bma.amsterdam.nl/ .
47 http://www.joodsamsterdam.nl/ .
48 http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/ .
49 The periodical’s title is The Consumer [De consument. Officieel orgaan op verkoopgebied verspreid door winkeliers aangesloten bij de Vakvereniging E.M.M] dated 11 January 1940. Page 7 lists the winners of puzzle 77 and 78. Anne Frank, 37 Merwedeplein won a photo album in group B (to be collected from shopkeeper J. v. Zalingen). In addition to a childrens’ page, the periodical contains recipes, a serial and advertisements. Mrs. S. L. L. Fransen presented the periodical as a gift to the Anne Frank Stichting in 1996. (Email from the Anne Frank Stichting, 15 December 2011).
50 ‘Some are able to appreciate that [i.e. memories of Anne]. But we are her contemporaries and we lived in the same neighbourhood. We have seen so many houses being raided and none of those received the same attention. If I had had a say in it, the Merwedeplein residence would just have been rented out or sold.’ (Translation of a Dutch email from Francien Bachra, 8 January 2011) Her lively memories of the Rivierenbuurt can be read on: http://www.zuidelijkewandelweg.nl/ingezonden/francienvanderveenbachra.htm .
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
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