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Arnold van den Bergh

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Arnold van den Bergh
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van den Bergh in December 1947
Born(1886-01-20)20 January 1886
Oss, Netherlands
💀Died28 October 1950(1950-10-28) (aged 64)
London, England28 October 1950(1950-10-28) (aged 64)
💼 Occupation
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Arnold van den Bergh (20 January 1886 ‒ 28 October 1950)[1] was a Dutch legal notary based in Amsterdam. He was a well-known and high-profile lawyer, one of six Jewish notaries operating in Amsterdam.[2]

In 1886, van den Bergh was born in the locality of Oss. He died of throat cancer in 1950 while living in London.[3] By 1922, van den Bergh was already working as a junior notary and living in Amsterdam.[4]

During the era of occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, van den Bergh was a member of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam [nl; de; he] (Joodse Raad, or Judenrat, of Amsterdam).[5]

In 1935 Arnold van den Bergh auctioned the listed "Huis aan de Drie Grachten" ("House on three canals") building[6]—used from 1936 onwards for August Aimé Balkema's bookshop.

As of 1937 Bergh was chair of the committee for the House of unemployed young Jewish, in Amsterdam.[7]

At the start of 1939 van den Bergh handled the auction of Stadhouderskade 136 [nl].[8]

In July 1940, he was the lawyer handling the sale of the Jacques Goudstikker art-collection to art dealer Alois Miedl for the benefit of Hermann Göring.[9] Van den Bergh subsequently wrote to Goudstikker's wife, Dési von Halban, informing her the sale had occurred "in order to avoid great unpleasantness".[9] In October 1940 van den Bergh was appointed as liquidator of the former Oude Goudstikker company,[10] and indicated that the transactions had been made voluntarily.[10] As Nazi plunder, part of the collection would subsequently be returned by the Dutch government in the 2006 Goudstikker restitution of 202 paintings following recommendations of the Restitutions Committee.[11]

The family of five lived at Oranje Nassaulaan 60hs [nl].[12] The van den Burgh family eventually lost their safe status, so becoming eligible for arrest and deportation. A conversation at the decision making body (Entscheidungsstelle) between Hans Georg Calmeyer and Ferdinand aus der Fünten was heard by Jaap van Proosdij [nl], who passed the information to Arnold van den Bergh, enabling the van den Bergh family to go into hiding.[13] In around October 1943 Arnold van den Bergh and his wife Auguste Kan went into hiding in Laren, their older twin daughters Emma and Esther to Noord-Scharwoude, and the third-daughter Anne-Marie to Sprundel (with some months spent in Breda).[14][15]

Keizersgracht 634, used for van den Bergh's company offices after the end of World War II

Following the end of World War II, van den Bergh restarted a notary firm with offices at Keizersgracht 634 [16] On 28 November 1946, van den Bergh was one of the founding board members of the Dutch Jewish Social Work organisation [nl] (JMW).[17] Other founding members included Salomon Kleerekoper [Wikidata] and Jacob van Amerongen.[17] Arnold van den Bergh was one of five members called before the Jewish Honour Council.[18] On 10 June 1948 van den Bergh was displaced on the board of JMW by a vote.[17]

A study published in 2022 suggested that van den Bergh may have indirectly betrayed those living in the secret annex (Achterhuis) of the Anne Frank House, inhabited by Anne Frank and others, in order to save his own family.[5] However, Professor Johannes Houwink ten Cate of the University of Amsterdam noted that van den Burgh was also in hiding around the time of the raid on 4 August 1944.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Notaris Van den Bergh in London overleden" [Notary Van den Bergh passed away in London]. Het Parool (in Nederlands). 1950-10-31. p. 5. Zaterdag 28 October [1950] overleed te London de Amsterdamse notaris Arnold van den Bergh. … De heer Van den Bergh werd op 20 Januari 1886 te Oss geboren Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Boffey, Daniel (2022-01-17). "Anne Frank may have been betrayed by Jewish notary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-17. author of the new book, Sullivan, said: "Van den Bergh was a well-known notary, one of six Jewish notaries in Amsterdam at the time. A notary in the Netherlands is more like a very high-profile lawyer. …"
  3. ↑ Voet, Esther (2022-01-22). "Wie was Arnold van den Bergh?" [Who was Arnold van den Bergh?]. Een flinterdunne beschuldiging. Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad (in Nederlands) https://niw.nl/een-flinterdunne-beschuldiging/ |url= missing title (help). Retrieved 2022-01-22. Hij zat in veel Joodse besturen, zoals het Nederlands Israëlietisch Armenbestuur. In 1941 werd hij lid van de Joodse Raad. … Na de oorlog zette … Hij was voorzitter van de Joodse Invalide [nl] en een van de oprichters van het Joods Maatschappelijk Werk [nl]. … Hij werd aangeklaagd door de interne Joodse Ereraad voor zijn lidmaatschap van de Joodse Raad [nl], … waarop hij met de andere nog levende leden van de Raad werd veroordeeld tot vijf jaar uitsluiting van Joodse functies. Dat vonnis werd al snel ingetrokken, … overleed in 1950 aan keelkanker. Unknown parameter |trans-work= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ "Akten Betreffende Naamlooze Vennootschappen en de Daarbij Behoorende Besluiten van Bewilliging" [Deeds Concerning Public Limited Companies and the Associated Decrees of Consent]. Nederlandsche staats-courant (Amendment) (2). 1922. De comparanten zijn nan mijj, notaris, bekend. … Verleden te Amsterdam, op den datum in het hoofd dezer akte vermeld, in tegenwoordigheid van de heeren Arnold van den Bergh, candidant-notaris, en Wiebe Pieter Oosterhof, kantoorbediende. beiden wonende te Amsterdam, als getuigen. Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Anne Frank betrayal suspect identified after 77 years". BBC News. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-18. A team including an ex-FBI agent said Arnold van den Bergh, a Jewish figure in Amsterdam, probably "gave up" the Franks to save his own family. … van den Bergh had been a member of Amsterdam's Jewish Council
  6. ↑ "„Het huis aan de drie grachten" geveild" ["The house on the three canals" auctioned.]. De Gooi- en Eemlander (in Nederlands). 1935-10-15. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-24. „Het huis aan de drie grachten" is gistermiddag in het gebouw Frascati [nl] door notaris Arnold van den Bergh geveild. Het werd verkocht aan het makelaarskantoor H. v. Dam Azn. en Zonen voor ƒ.23.500.—* … het huis voorkomt op de monumentenlijst van Amsterdam.
  7. ↑ "Poeriemfeest in het Tehuis voor jeugdige Joodsche werkloozen" [Purim celebration in the House for unemployed young Jewish]. Stadsnieuws. Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad. 1937-03-05. p. 3. Notaris Arnold van den Bergh heette in zijn kwaliteit van voorzitter van het Comité allen aanwezigen hartelijk welkom en sprak de hoop uit, dat de ingeschrevenen in het a.s. jaar een werkkring mogen hebben gevonden. Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "Vrijwillige Verkooping" [Voluntary Sale]. Algemeen Handelsblad (in Nederlands). 1939-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-24. … zullen op Maandag 16 Januari 1939, des avonds na zes uur, (in het Verkooplokaal „Frascati", ten overstaan van den Notaris Arnold van den Bergh, in veiling brengen: Het Huis met Vrij Bovenhuis, Tuin en Erve, aan de Stadhouderskade 136 [nl] Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Research and Analysis Branch (1945-06-25). An illustration of Goering's transactions in Holland. An interim Report on the Art Activities of Hermann Goering (Report). Herman Goering as a War Criminal. Office of Strategic Services. Retrieved 2022-01-18 – via Cornell University Library. Goering's principal agent in Holland appears to have been Alois MIEDL, an old school friend of the marshall … In 1940 … represented himself as Goering's agent, … acquired the firm of J. GOUDSTIKKER of Amsterdam … An extract from a letter of van der Bergh of July 26, 1940 to Mme. Goudstikker stating "… The circumstances (of the sale) which can be discussed fully only at a later date, made it necessary to sell the business in order to avoid great unpleasantness..." … Correspondence … between A. v.d. Bergh, attorney for the late Jacques GOUDSTIKKER, and Mrs. GOUDSTIKKER, … indicates that the sale might have been made under duress.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Restitutions Committee (2006-02-10). "Oprichting Kunsthandel voorheen J. Goudstikker N.V." [Establishment of art dealership formerly J. Goudstikker N.V.] (PDF). 1940: Verkoop J. Goudstikker N.V. aan Miedl en Göring (Parliamentary dossier). Rapportage Restitutiecommissie (in Nederlands). States General of the Netherlands. 25839 (38): 11, 14. Retrieved 2022-01-19. Lay summary – Informatie over deze publicatie. Ruim twee weken later, op 2 oktober 1940, trad Oude Goudstikker in liquidatie. Tot vereffenaars werden benoemd A.A. ten Broek en notaris A. van den Bergh. … De personen die in 1940 bij de transacties met Miedl en Göring betrokken waren (waaronder notaris A. van den Bergh, Ten Broek en Dik sr.) gaven echter te kennen dat de transacties 'zonder dwang' tot stand gekomen waren. Unknown parameter |trans-work= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ Davids, W.J.M.; Bank, J.T.M.; Herrmann, R.; van Os, P.J.N.; van Straaten, E.J.; van der Vlies, I.C.; Restitutions Committee (2013). Report (PDF) (Report). Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Restitution Applications for Items of Cultural Value and the Second World War. The Hague: ICOM International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods. pp. 56, 57, 63. The Committee investigated the facts as a result of the request for advice. This included making use of the information and results of the investigation in the Goudstikker case (RC 1.15), in which the State Secretary for OCW decided on 6 February 2006 to restitute 202 works of art. … After this there were various further business contacts between Koenigs and Miedl. On 14 September 1940, in the presence of the notary A. van den Bergh in Amsterdam, the firm of 'Kunsthandel voorheen J. Goudstikker N.V.' was founded.
  12. ↑ {{cite web|url=https://www.joodsamsterdam.nl/oranje-nassaulaan/%7Ctitle=Oranje Nassaulaan|work=Joodsamsterdam|trans-work=Jewish Amsterdam|language=nl|quote=Oranje Nassaulaan 60hs … Op dit adres woonde notaris [[Arnold van den Bergh] (Oss, 20 januari 1886 – Chelsea, 28 oktober 1950) en zijn echtgenote Auguste Kan (Oldenzaal, 5 mei 1899 – Amsterdam, 15 oktober 1968) met hun kinderen Emma, Esther (Hetty) en Anne-Marie|trans-quote=Orange Nassaulaan 60hs … Notary Arnold van den Bergh (Oss, 20 January 1886 – Chelsea, 28 October 1950) and his wife Auguste Kan (Oldenzaal, 5 May 1899 – Amsterdam, 15 October 1968) lived at this address with their children Emma, Esther (Hetty) and Anne-Marie|access-date=2022-01-25|publisher=Stichting Heimisj}}
  13. ↑ van den Boomgaard, C.P. (2019-04-03). Houwink ten Cate, J.Th.M.; Ultee, W.C., eds. 13: Verzoekers en hun hulpverleners [13: Applicants and their helpers] (PDF). Voor de nazi's geen Jood: Hoe ruim 2500 Joden door ontduiking van rassenvoorschriften aan de deportaties zijn ontkomen (PhD) (in Nederlands). Amsterdam School of Historical Studies. pp. 250, 275, 276, 280, 292. hdl:11245.1/795af2f7-5159-4ed4-a831-c296a14331b3. Retrieved 2022-01-20 – via University of Amsterdam Digital Academic Repository (UvA-DARE). Lay summary (PDF) – Summary [in English]. In het geval van de Amsterdamse Joodse notaris mr. A. van den Bergh was het Van Proosdij [nl] zelf die op het kantoor van de Entscheidungsstelle Calmeyer met Aus der Fünten had horen spreken over de ophanden zijnde arrestatie van de familie Van den Bergh. Van den Bergh kon hierdoor op tijd onderduiken en zou de oorlog samen met zijn familie overleven. Unknown parameter |trans-work= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  14. ↑ Theelen, Paul (2014-04-30), "Onderduikster Anne-Marie van den Bergh in Sprundel" [Anne-Marie van den Bergh in-hiding in Sprundel], Naspeuringen naar Bastiaensen-van Osta (in Nederlands), Eindhoven, p. 12, oktober 1943: … het gezin van den Bergh had gewaarschuwd dat ze zeer binnenkort zouden worden opgepakt. Het gezin is toen via de achtertuinen gevlucht naar de achterliggende straat. Van daaruit is Anne-Marie naar Sprundel gebracht, de tweeling en de ouders gescheiden naar elders, de ouders naar Laren en de tweeling naar Noord Schaarwoude. … Onderduikperiode … van ongeveer juli of augustus tot en met oktober 1944 verbleef ze in Breda, bij de familie Sadée. Unknown parameter |trans-work= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help)
  15. ↑ Hart von Sprundel (2019-10-16). Vraag 5: Joods meisje duikt onder in Sprundel [Question 5: Jewish girl goes into hiding in Sprundel] (PDF). Sprundel 75 jaar bevrijd. (in Nederlands). Ondernemers Vereinigung Sprundel. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-01-25. de 14 jarige Anne-Marie van den Bergh uit Amsterdam. In oktober 1943 vond Anne Marie een veilige schuilplaats bij familie Bastiaensen-van Osta en hun drie kinderen. Leo Bastianensen … war hoofd van de St. Janschool (jongensschool) in de St. Janstraat te Sprundel. Unknown parameter |trans-work= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |trans-quote= ignored (help) Search this book on
  16. ↑ "Notaris Arnold van den Bergh". De nieuwe dag (in Nederlands). 1945-06-06. Retrieved 2022-01-24. Notaris Arnold van den Bergh, bewaarder der minuten van notaris E. Spier, van den eervol ontslagen notaris Jhr. P.P. van Nispen en van wiljlen de notarissen H.J. van Doorn en J.D. Vriesendorp, deelt mede, dat hij de practijk heeft hervat. Het kantoor is tijdelijk gevestigd Keizersgracht 634 te Amsterdam.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Staal, Philip (2015-01-09). One hand washes the other. Settling the Account. Translated by Rollins, Scott. p. 213. ISBN 9781491751664. Retrieved 2022-01-18 – via Google Books. "on November 28, 1946, the deed of formation of Jewish Social Work [nl] (JMW) was signed. The provisional board consisted of Dr. Salomon Kleerekoper [Wikidata], Drs. Jacob van Amerongen and Maurits Lopes Cardozo, notary Arnold van den Bergh, Alexander Roozendall, Mozes Acohen, Dr. Albert Büchenbacher, and Levie Levisson. Search this book on
  18. ↑ Finder, Gabriel N.; Jockusch, Laura, eds. (2015-06-15). Jewish Honor Courts:Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel After the Holocaust. Wayne State University Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780814338780. Retrieved 2022-01-18 – via Google Books. The five regular members called before the Jewish Honor Court were the notary Arnold van den Bergh (1886‒1950), the lawyer (and defense lawyer of David Cohen) Albert Berend Gomperts (1883‒1963), the Jewish council director of finance Abraham Krouwer (1883‒?), the lawyer Siegfried Jacob van Lier (1877‒1976), and the diamond trader Abraham Soep [Wikidata] (1882‒1953) Search this book on
  19. ↑ Lebovic, Matt (2022-01-20). "Historians bash 'rubbish' findings of investigation into Anne Frank betrayal". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2022-01-22. [Professor] Johannes Houwink ten Cate … professor emeritus of Holocaust studies at the University of Amsterdam … According to the scholar, Van den Bergh was in hiding throughout most of 1944, including during the raid on the secret annex in early August [1944]

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