Trivia

From Westerbork, Janny, Lientje, and the Franks were transported to Auschwitz. Janny and Lientje were later transported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Anne Frank and Margot Frank 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 within a few days of each other. Janny and Lientje buried them in the mass graves at the camp.

Granddaughter of Jacob Brilleslijper, Rebekka Voet, Jacob Gerritse and Marianne Lootsteen.

Sister of Lin Jaldati and Jacob Brilleslijper.

Daughter of Joseph Brilleslijper and Fijtje Gerritse.

Niece of Ruben Brilleslijper, Klaartje Elsas, Michel Brilleslijper, Elisabeth Brilleslijper, Rozetta Zwalf, Isaac Gerritse, Mozes Gerritse, Naatje Barend, Debora Gerritse, Mietje Gerritse and Alexander Gerritse.

After the war, Brandes-Brilleslijper was reunited with her husband and children. Through the Red Cross, she contacted Otto Frank and informed him about the deaths of his daughters, Anne and Margot.

The middle of three children.

Janny and Lientje were arrested in the summer of 1944, and were transported to the Westerbork transit camp. In Westerbork, they were listed as "criminals" and had to work in the work barracks. In those barracks, Janny and Lientje met Anne and Margot and befriended them.

Mother of Robert and Liselotte Dolores.

Brandes-Brilleslijper 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.