Johannes Jacobus van Enckevort

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Pieter Jan van Enckevort
Moeder: Maria Christina van Enckevort
Geboren: 21 Nov 1911 Sevenum
Overleden: 19 Aug 1994 Sevenum
Beroep: landbouwer
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Enckevort van
First Name: Jan
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Organization/ Religious order: Westerweel Groep
Place during the war: Sevenum, Limburg, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Sevenum, Limburg, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1323)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 09/03/1978
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes
Rescued Persons
Ticho, Kettner, Lilly
Meir, Ruth
Enckevort van, Jan & Nellie
Lilly Kettner was born in Vienna in 1923. In 1938 she went on a Kindertransport to the Netherlands. She finally ended up in a Youth Aliyah home in Loosdrecht, from where the Westerweel* group began it’s rescue activities. Lilly later moved to Amsterdam and in February 1943 started working in the crèche opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg. She was soon deported to Westerbork with all the kindergarten children but managed to escape the transit camp while working outside in a laundry. Through Westerweel* group activists, Lilly was brought to Sevenum, Limburg, to the village inn belonging to the Verreith* family. A while later, Piet Arts* took her to the home of Jan and Nellie van Enckevort, where she remained hidden until the liberation of the southern part of Holland. Jan and Nellie were motivated to help by human compassion. They did not receive any payment for their deeds, yet took excellent care of Lilly for two years. During the war, the van Enckevorts also hid other Jews for shorter periods of time, among them Ruth Meir.
On March 9, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Jan van Enckevort and his wife, Nellie van Enckevort, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Petronella Kersten geb. 29 Nov 1911 overl. 19 Juli 1999
Huwelijk: 10 Juni 1942 Sevenum