Gerke Boersma

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Cornelis Boersma
Moeder:	Akke Visser
Geboren:	3 OKT 1911	Horchein, RP, Duitsland
Overleden:	6 Jan 1987
Aantekeningen:	Boersma Gerke (1911 - 1987 ) Personal Information Last Name: Boersma First Name: Gerke Date of Birth: 03/10/1911 Date of death: 06/01/1987 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Makkum, Friesland, The Netherlands Dokkum, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Makkum, Friesland, The Netherlands Dokkum, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4289) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 17/07/1989 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Peereboom, Maurice Rescue Story Boersma, Gerke & Grietje (de Boer) Olga Peereboom and her husband were put in touch with Gerke and Grietje Boersma through the underground. It was May 1943 and the razzias in Amsterdam had reached horrifying proportions. Olga was desperate to find a hideout for her three-year-old son, Maurice. Lotte Soetendorp accompanied Olga and her child to Amersfoort, from where he was taken to the Boersma’s home in Makkum, Friesland. Gerke and Grietje were deeply religious and their effort to help the suffering was undeterred by the risks to their own lives. A childless couple, they gladly brought Maurice, who became known as Riesje, into their home, where they treated him as if he were their own son. The young boy was introduced to the neighbors as a child who had arrived from the western part of the country where food was scarce and the living conditions poor. The situation in Friesland was indeed somewhat better and the story was believable. Maurice lived there in safety and came to regard the Boersmas as his own parents. After a while, the Germans arrested an underground worker on his way to the Boersma family with a suitcase of clothing for Maurice. Under extensive interrogation by the Germans, he was forced to explain his actions and inadvertently mentioned Mr. Amels. The Germans promptly contacted Amels, but before their investigations developed any further he managed to warn the Boersmas. Taking little Maurice with them, Gerke and Grietje fled to Dokkum, where they hid for about six weeks before returning home. Maurice stayed with the Boersmas until the end of 1945, when his parents, who had fled to France, returned. The two families remained in close contact after the war. On July 17, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Gerke Boersma and his wife, Grietje Boersma-de Boer, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Grietje de Boer	geb. 8 Dec 1912 overl. 17 Jan 1973
Huwelijk:	1936	Wonseradeel ??