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Janny may refer to: People Surname * Georg Janny (1864-1935), Austrian landscape painter and set designer Given name *Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper (1916–2003), Dutch Holocaust survivor, among the last people to see Anne Frank *Janny Knol (born 1969), Dutch police officer *Janny Sikazwe (born 1979), Zambian football referee *Janny Wurts (born 1953), American fantasy novelist and illustrator Other *Internet slang for Forum Moderator, in the sense that they are the "Janitor" of a community. See also *Jenny (other) *Jannie Jannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jannie Blackwell, American politician * Jannie Bornman (born 1980), South African rugby union player * Jannie Boshoff (born 1986), South African rugby union player *Jannie Chan, Singapo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Janny
Georg Janny (20 May 1864, Vienna - 21 February 1935, Vienna) was an Austrian landscape painter and set designer. Life He worked as a scene painter in the studios of Carlo Brioschi and Johann Kautsky, alongside Alfons Mucha, and was a member of the Dürerbund. In 1898, he participated in painting the "Eisernen Vorhang" (Iron Curtain) at the Vienna Volksoper for the 50th jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1904, he exhibited in the Austrian Pavilion at the St.Louis World's Fair with scenes from the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (now at the Technisches Museum Wien). Two years later, he designed the stage for ''The Queen of Sheba'' by Karl Goldmark, one of the most popular operas of the late 19th century. Pictures from the second and third acts have been preserved. He also painted landscapes and figures, including scenes from fairy-tales or imaginary worlds that are reminiscent of the works of Arnold Böcklin or Gustave Doré. The contents of his estate are now in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper
Marianne Brandes-Brilleslijper (24 October 1916 – 15 August 2003), known as Janny, was a Dutch Holocaust survivor and one of the last people to see Anne Frank alive. She is the sister of singer Lin Jaldati (born Rebekka Brilleslijper; 1912–1988). Both Brandes-Brilleslijper and Jaldati (nicknamed "Lientje") were in the Westerbork, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps with Anne and her older sister Margot. Life Brandes-Brilleslijper was born Marianne Brilleslijper in Amsterdam on 24 October 1916, the middle of three children of Fijtje (née Gerritse) and Joseph Brilleslijper. In 1939, she married Cornelis Teunis "Bob" Brandes (1912–1998) and they had two children: Robert and Liselotte Dolores. After the Battle of the Netherlands, Nazis invaded the Netherlands, Janny and Bob, along with Lientje, began to work in the Resistance during World War II, Resistance. Janny kept Jewish people hidden in her home and never officially registered as a Jew. The Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holocaust
The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out primarily through mass shootings and poison gas in extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz concentration camp#Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka extermination camp, Treblinka, Belzec extermination camp, Belzec, Sobibor extermination camp, Sobibor, and Chełmno extermination camp, Chełmno in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland. Separate Nazi persecutions killed a similar or larger number of non-Jewish civilians and prisoners of war (POWs); the term ''Holocaust'' is sometimes used to include the murder and persecution of Victims of Nazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Frank's last months". AnneFrank.org, 31 March 2015 was a German-born Jewish girl who gained worldwide fame posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In the diary, she regularly described her family's everyday life in their hiding place in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 until their arrest in 1944. Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929. In 1934, when she was four and a half, Frank and her family moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gained control over Nazi Germany, Germany. By May 1940, the family was trapped in Amsterdam by the Reichskommissariat Niederlande, German occupation of the Netherlands. Frank lost her G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janny Knol
Janny Knol (born August 13, 1969, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch senior police officer who has been the Commissioner (''Korpschef'') of the Dutch National Police in the rank of First Chief Commissioner (''Eerste Hoofdcommissaris'') since March 2024. She has worked for the police since 1990. Education and career Knol studied at the Meander College in Zwolle from 1981 to 1985. She then followed a three-year study in Social Work in the same city. In 1988, Knol started studies at the Netherlands Police Academy which she graduated from in 1993. Knol started her career in the police at the age of 21 as a police officer in Deventer. In the early years she was active in various police regions, such as ''IJsselland'', ''Gelderland-Midden'' and ''Twente''. In 1995 she continued her studies in Legal Sciences at the Open University The Open University (OU) is a Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janny Sikazwe
Janny Sikazwe (born 1979) is a former Zambian international football referee. He got his big break in 2008 at COSAFA U-20 Challenge Cup in South Africa when he was called to replace another referee who had failed a fitness test. On 7 January 2023 he officiated his last career match between Napsa Stars and Red Arrows. He was one of the referees for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He refereed the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final When in Japan, and the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final in Gabon. He was selected to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and made his debut in the Belgium vs Panama Group G game on 18 June. The match also saw him going into the record books as he became the first Zambian referee to officiate a game at the FIFA World Cup finals. Sikazwe also refereed at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, where he came under scrutiny for incorrectly calling for full-time twice in the Group F game between Mali and Tunisia on 12 January 2022: firstly at the 86th m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janny Wurts
Janet Inglis "Janny" Wurts (born December 10, 1953) is an American fantasy novelist and illustrator. She has written several standalone novels and series, including the '' Wars of Light and Shadow'', ''The Cycle of Fire'' trilogy and the internationally best-selling ''Empire'' trilogy that she co-authored with Raymond E. Feist. Her short story collection ''That Way Lies Camelot'' was nominated for the British Fantasy Award in 1995. She often illustrates her own books, and has won Chesley Awards for her artwork. Biography Janny Wurts was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. In the 1980s, she worked as an illustrator for role-playing game supplements for Mayfair Games. Wurts has written numerous novels (20 as of 2024). Her fantasy debut ''Sorcerer's Legacy'' (1982) has been described as a political thriller; it features a female protagonist and court intrigue. Similar elements feature in the ''Empire'' trilogy, written in collaboration with Raymond E. Feist. ''Empire'' is set in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janitor
A cleaner, cleanser or cleaning operative is a type of Industry (economics), industrial or domestic worker who is tasked with cleaning a space. A janitor (Scotland, United States and Canada), also known as a custodian, Facility Operator, porter or caretaker, is a person who cleans and might also carry out Maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance and security duties. A similar position, but usually with more managerial duties and not including cleaning, is occupied by building superintendents in the United States and Canada and by site managers in schools in the United Kingdom. According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge English dictionary a "cleaner" is "a person whose job is to House cleaning, clean houses, offices, public places, etc.:"; the Collins dictionary states that: "A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building." However, a cleaner does not always have to be employed and perform work for pay, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny (other)
Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (elephant), a female elephant in the German Army in World War I * Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death at age 55 * Jenny (orangutan), an orangutan in the London Zoo in the 1830s Films * ''Jenny'' (1936 film), a French film by Marcel Carné * ''Jenny'' (1958 film), a Dutch film * ''Jenny'' (1962 film), an Australian television film * ''Jenny'' (1970 film), a film starring Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas Music * "Jenny" (EP), a 2003 song released as an EP single by stellastarr* * "Jenny" (The Click Five song) (2007) * "Jenny" (Nothing More song) (2015) * "Jenny" (Studio Killers song) (2013) * " 867-5309/Jenny", a 1982 song by Tommy Tutone * "Jenny", a 1968 song by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers * "Jenny", a 1973 song by Chicago from '' Chicago VI'' * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
