Willem Nicolaas Blankevoort
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Nicolaas Blankevoort | |
| Moeder: | Jannetje Blankevoort | |
| Geboren: | 7 Dec 1917 | Haarlem |
| Overleden: | 3 Jan 1994 | Bloemendaal |
| Aantekeningen: | Blankevoort Willem (1917 - 1994 ) Personal Information Last Name: Blankevoort First Name: Willem Nicolaas Date of Birth: 07/12/1917 Date of death: 03/01/1994 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2965) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 06/09/1984 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Montezinos, Alida Rescue Story Blankevoort, Willem Nicolaas & Leliana (Schoen) Willem and Leliana Blankevoort lived on a houseboat called the Alcantra in Dedemsvaart, Overijssel. Despite the risks of being caught, the young couple agreed to hide an 18-year-old Jewish girl named Alida Montezinos. The Dutch Resistance brought her to them on December 7, 1943, Willem's 26th birthday. Earlier Alida had been smuggled out of the Hollandsche Schouwburg, an old theater which the Germans used to assemble the Jews before sending them to extermination camps. The Blankevoorts pretended to their neighbors that Alida was a servant, though some of them guessed she was Jewish. However, Willem and Leliana made every effort to conceal Alida's identity. They renamed her Annie at first and for a time she had false identity papers under the name Efia Reinders. Alida maintained good relations with Willem and Leliana and kept in touch with them after the war. In 1961, she married a Polish Jewish chess player, Ignacy Branicki. She died childless in 1970. On September 6, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Willem Nicolaas Blankevoort and his wife, Leliana Blankevoort-Schoen, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Leliana Schoen | geb. 10 Juli 1918 overl. 17 MRT 2015 |
| Huwelijk: | 21 MEI 1942 | Bloemendaal |