Willem Dekker
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Matthijs Dekker | |
| Moeder: | Neeltje Baas | |
| Geboren: | 23 MEI 1904 | Zaandam |
| Religie: | Ger. Kerk | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Dekker First Name: Willem Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: OFFICE WORK Place during the war: Zaandam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Zaandam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Supplying basic goods File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2875) The Dekkers were a young couple living in Zaandam, North Holland. They belonged to Piet Bosbooms* group, which excelled in saving childrens lives. The Dekkers house was used as a hospital where sick Jewish adults and children who had been hiding were looked after. Geertje, a nurse, took care of the patients. Her husband, Willem, who worked in a ration card distribution office, managed to arrange ration cards for many hidden Jews. In 1944, a Jewish child called Beppie Ephraim came down with scarlet fever, an infectious disease, for a second time, and could not stay in her hiding place. The Dekkers took her in and Geertje nursed her back to health. In June 1944, Piet Bosboom brought Isaac Crost to the Dekkers home. Crost had been hastily removed from the hospital by his children right after complicated stomach surgery because they were informed that the name of the family---the patient, his wife, his daughter, her husband, and his son---had been passed onto the German security services. Geertje slept by his side for weeks and gave him special injections three times a day. (Ironically the needles and the rest of the equipment were stolen from the Germans.) Willem Dekker managed to get him a dietetic food ration card for those with stomach problems. After he recovered, Isaac and his wife, Lena, stayed with Willem and Geertje until February 1945. During the war, the Dekkers also hid other Jews for two to three days until a more permanent hiding place was found for them. On May 3, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Willem Dekker and his wife, Geertje Dekker-Visser, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Geertje Visser | geb. 31 Jan 1907 |
| Huwelijk: | 30 Sept 1943 | Zaandam |