Saartje Stoppelman

Disaster survivor

1893 –

85

Who is Saartje Stoppelman?

A friend of Otto Frank's, she was also Miep and Jan Gies's landlady. Mrs. Stoppelman was among those in the Gies' wedding party (16 July 1941), so Anne did meet her (and there is a photo of her in AFR).

She and her husband had a daughter, Froukje, and son, Max. In May 1940, the Germans invaded and Mr. Stoppelman was, fortunately for him, in England. Otto took out an ad to help her find a boarder, and he also told Miep about the rooms for rent. She and Jan rented the ground floor rooms soon after. Mrs Stoppelman went into hiding in Bussum or Hilversum in September 1942. She kept in touch with Miep and Jan, who were even able to visit her from time to time. (She was hidden at Karel van der Horst's mother's.)

She survived the war. Her grandson and her son, Max, also survived. But his wife, Stella, did not. Mrs. Stoppelman's daughter, Froukje, son-in-law, and granddaughter also did not survive.

(AFB p. 258, 300; AFR p. 62-3, 119-120 — she is called "Mrs. Samson" in that book;.

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Jun 22, 1893
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on July 23, 2013

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