Tjerk van der Hauw

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Arjen van der Hauw
Moeder:	Lijsbeth Terpstra
Geboren:	24 OKT 1918	Amsterdam
Overleden:	5 OKT 1996	Leeuwarden
Religie:		G.K.
Beroep:		marechaussee, predikant
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Hauw van der First Name: Tjerk Rescuer's fate: camp inmate survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: POLICEMAN Organization/ Religious order: Marechaussee Place during the war: Grootegast, Groningen, The Netherlands ; Vught, Camp, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Grootegast, Groningen, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3995) In March 1943, the constabulary of Grootegast, Groningen, and the surrounding villages refused to obey an order to arrest seven Jews. One of those who refused was Tjerk van der Hauw of Opende, Friesland, who was punished for his refusal by deportation to the Vught concentration camp, where he spent 18 months. He was released in August 1944. Police sergeant Dirk Boonstra*, who had initiated the collective refusal, perished in Dachau. On November 14, 1988, Yad Vashem recognized Tjerk van der Hauw as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Grietje Nawijn	geb. 27 Jan 1919 overl. 12 Nov 2003
Huwelijk:	16 Dec 1942	Bolsward