Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper
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Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper (August 24, 1916- August 15, 2003) was the person who informed Otto Frank
about the deaths of Anne Frank
and Margot Frank
. Janny and her sister Lientje were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
with Anne and Margot.
, the middle of three children of her parents. One of her sisters was Lientje Brilleslijper. In 1939, Janny married Bob Brandes, and they had two children: Rob, born on 1939, and Lilo, born in 1941. After the Nazis invaded the Netherlands
, Janny and Bob, along with Lientje, began to work in the Resistance
. Janny kept Jewish people hidden in her home, and she never officially registered as a Jew. However, the Nazis often wanted to arrest Janny and her family, and they made some narrow escapes. Finally, Janny and Lientje were arrested in in the summer of 1944, and were transported to the Westerbork Transit camp.Who along with her sister, Anne Margot Edith Frank and Auguste Van Pels was forced to strip naked and get their heads shaved and be disinfected. In Westerbork, they were listed as criminals and had to work hard in the work barracks. In those barracks, Janny and Lientje met Anne and Margot and befriended them. Janny and Lientje were later, along with the Franks, transported to Auschwitz. Janny and Lientje were later transported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Anne and Margot were also transported in October 1944. Janny, who was made a nurse in the camp, took care of the ill prisoners. In March 1945, Anne and Margot died. Janny and Lientje buried them in the mass graves of the camp.
After the war, Janny was reunited with her husband and children. Through the Red Cross, she contacted with Otto Frank and informed him about Anne and Margot's death.
Janny gave interviews about Anne and Margot's final days in the documentary movie The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (1987), which was directed by Willy Lindwer
.
Otto Frank
Otto Heinrich "Pim" Frank was a German-born businessman and the father of Anne Frank and Margot Frank...
about the deaths of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
and Margot Frank
Margot Frank
Margot Betti Frank was the older sister of Anne Frank, whose deportation order from the Gestapo hastened the Frank family into hiding, and who subsequently perished in Bergen-Belsen...
. Janny and her sister Lientje were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle...
with Anne and Margot.
Life
Janny was born in AmsterdamAmsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, the middle of three children of her parents. One of her sisters was Lientje Brilleslijper. In 1939, Janny married Bob Brandes, and they had two children: Rob, born on 1939, and Lilo, born in 1941. After the Nazis invaded the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Janny and Bob, along with Lientje, began to work in the Resistance
Resistance during World War II
Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns...
. Janny kept Jewish people hidden in her home, and she never officially registered as a Jew. However, the Nazis often wanted to arrest Janny and her family, and they made some narrow escapes. Finally, Janny and Lientje were arrested in in the summer of 1944, and were transported to the Westerbork Transit camp.Who along with her sister, Anne Margot Edith Frank and Auguste Van Pels was forced to strip naked and get their heads shaved and be disinfected. In Westerbork, they were listed as criminals and had to work hard in the work barracks. In those barracks, Janny and Lientje met Anne and Margot and befriended them. Janny and Lientje were later, along with the Franks, transported to Auschwitz. Janny and Lientje were later transported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Anne and Margot were also transported in October 1944. Janny, who was made a nurse in the camp, took care of the ill prisoners. In March 1945, Anne and Margot died. Janny and Lientje buried them in the mass graves of the camp.
After the war, Janny was reunited with her husband and children. Through the Red Cross, she contacted with Otto Frank and informed him about Anne and Margot's death.
Janny gave interviews about Anne and Margot's final days in the documentary movie The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (1987), which was directed by Willy Lindwer
Willy Lindwer
Wolf "Willy" Lindwer is a Dutch documentary filmmaker.-Biography:Willy Lindwer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. When Lindwer finished his study, he worked for several Dutch Public TV stations...
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