Jacqueline van Maarsen | |
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Born | Jacqueline Yvonne Meta van Maarsen 30 January 1929 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died | 13 February 2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 96)
Occupation | bookbinder, author |
Jacqueline Yvonne Meta van Maarsen (Dutch pronunciation: [ʑɑkəˈlin iˈvɔnə ˈmeːtaː vɑ ˈmaːrsə(n)]; 30 January 1929 – 13 February 2025) was a Dutch author and bookbinder. She was best known for her friendship with diarist Anne Frank. Her Christian mother was able to remove the J (Jew) signs from the family's identity cards (van Maarsen's father was Jewish) during the Second World War, thereby helping the van Maarsens escape the Nazis.