birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
amsterdam , netherlands 30 january 1929 jacqueline van maarsen
 jacqueline van maarsen bookbinder , author
jacqueline van maarsen

jacqueline yvonne meta -lrb- jacque -rrb- van maarsen -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born january 30 , 1929 -rrb- is a dutch author and former bookbinder .
she is best known for her friendship with diarist anne frank .
jacque 's christian mother was able to remove the `` j '' -lrb- jew -rrb- signs from the family 's identity cards -lrb- jacque 's father was jewish -rrb- during the second world war , an act which helped the van maarsens to escape from the nazis .
