Rikkert Arnoldus Hoogkamp
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Tjeerd Hoogkamp | |
| Moeder: | Lubbertje Los | |
| Geboren: | 10 Nov 1909 | Bunschoten |
| Overleden: | 4 Dec 1996 | Hoogeveen |
| Beroep: | predikant | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Hoogkamp First Name: Rikkert Arnoldus Date of Birth: 10/11/1909 Date of death: 04/12/1996 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: CALVINIST Gender: Male Profession: REVEREND Place during the war: Elim, Drenthe, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Elim, Drenthe, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3787) In October 1943, 14-year-old Samuel Klijnkramer, whose father had been deported in February 1941 and later died in the Mauthausen concentration camp, found himself in the Joodsche Invalide Hospital in Amsterdam, which was used for a short time to house people after the Jewish crèche was closed. At the end of October, two students took him together with 17 other Jewish boys by train from Amsterdam to Hoogeveen, Drenthe. There, Reverend Hendrik Sweepe* picked him up and took Samuel on the back of his bicycle to the home of the Reverend Rikkert and Fenna Hoogkamp, who lived with their young daughter, Ineke, in nearby Elim. Rikkert was a minister of the Reformed Church in Elim during the years 1940 to 1946 and from 1942 to 1944 he was also deputy minister at the Nieuwlande Reformed Church. He became involved in hiding Jews in 1942 through his connection with Johannes Post* and leading members of the Nieuwlande underground, and also helped those in hiding, morally and spiritually. Samuel stayed in the Hoogkamps home with another Jewish boy for three weeks, remaining in the living room/kitchen during the day and sleeping in the loft at night. The Dutch SS recruitment center was situated in nearby Hoogeveen and a unit of the SS had occupied a school in Hollandscheveld, on the municipal border with Elim. Despite the risks, however, Rikkert continued to meet with those young Jews who dared to attend his weekly talks and lessons in Willem Roffels* home next to the church in Nieuwlande throughout the winter of 1943--1944. Rikkert also often visited the older people in hiding and those who could not leave their hiding places at all. In April 1944 Rikkert was forced to go into hiding himself after a threat of betrayal. Forty years after the end of the war, Rikkert was reunited with Samuel Klijnkramer. On December 28, 1987, Yad Vashem recognized Rikkert Hoogkamp and his wife, Fenna Hoogkamp-Wolting, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Fenna Wolting | geb. 7 MEI 1908 overl. 15 Jan 1990 |
| Huwelijk: | 7 MEI 1941 | Oosterhesselen |