Jan Berend Assendorp
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Derk Jan Assendorp | |
| Moeder: | Catharina Louiza Roeberts | |
| Geboren: | 7 MRT 1917 | Deventer |
| Overleden: | 23 Jan 2010 | Ede |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Beroep: | predikant | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Assendorp First Name: Jan Date of Birth: 07/03/1917 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: CLERGYMAN Rescue Place during the war: Neede, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Neede, Gelderland, The Netherlands Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Other Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2575) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 23/02/1984 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Rescued Persons Peper, First name unknown Peper, Leeuw Rescue Story Assendorp, Jan B. Jan Assendorp worked for the underground Resistance in Neede, Gelderland. Jan was an unmarried clergyman and as a bachelor was exempted from hiding people in his home. Instead, he focused his attention on securing safe havens to hide Jews from Amsterdam, accompanying them to the places he found, and subsequently assisting in their transfer from one place to another in times of imminent danger. Traveling was in itself a risky undertaking for a young, able-bodied man like Jan because the Germans were conscripting healthy men for forced labor in Germany to replace the men serving in their armed forces. The clergy was in effect exempt from forced labor. Nevertheless, his exemption papers were occasionally checked when he traveled by train and he was therefore always at risk. In October 1943, Jan escorted Catharina Clara Peper-de Leeuw and her five-year-old son from the home of the Meima* family in Neede, Gelderland, to Miss StoffelÂ’s home in Deventer, Overijssel. For maximum safety, Jan transported them by bike at night. The trip took three hours. Catharina Clara Peper reported that on many occasions Jan took young children from Amsterdam to the MeimasÂ’ home in Neede, from where they were relocated to other addresses. In the summer of 1944, Jan himself was forced to go into hiding and by doing so survived the war. On February 23, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Assendorp as Righteous Among the Nations |
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