Adriana Carolina Coolsma
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Frederik Coolsma | |
| Moeder: | Adriana Carolina Vervloet | |
| Geboren: | 23 Sept 1916 | Coevorden |
| Overleden: | 5 Aug 2006 | onbekend |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Coolsma First Name: Adriana Carolina Maiden Name: Vervloet Alias: JEANNE Date of Birth: 23/09/1916 Date of death: 05/09/2006 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Hilversum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Hilversum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5383) Jeanne Coolsma was a lovely girl with long blonde plaits around her head. As a child, she had contracted poliomyelitis, which had left her with a limp. She dressed like a proper German Fraulein and looked quite innocent, but feared nobody and nothing and did whatever she felt should be done, wrote Debora van Hessen-Kattenburg in her testimony to Yad Vashem. Although Adriana (Jeanne) was the daughter of a vicar, her motives for helping people during the war were humanitarian rather than religious. Throughout the war, Jeanne hid people, Jews and non-Jews, in her home in Hilversum, North Holland. Among those she hid were Deboras brother Dirk, Dutch people, and foreigners such as a German girl and two American pilots. The pilots managed to return to their country with the help of the Albrecht underground group. After the war, Jeanne received letters of gratitude from General Eisenhower and Air Marshal Lord Tedder for her involvement in the pilots escape. On August 5, 1992, Yad Vashem recognized Adriana Carolina Coolsma-Vervloet as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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