Bertha Hendrika Petronella ter Braak
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Jan Willem Cornelis ter Braak | |
| Moeder: | Betsij Prakke | |
| Geboren: | 14 OKT 1916 | Eibergen |
| Overleden: | 8 Dec 2010 | Rotterdam |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Braak ter First Name: Bertha Henrika Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: SOCIAL WORKER Place during the war: Hengelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Hengelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5157) Kitty (Sara) Rijnveld owes more than just her life to the hospitality afforded her by Bertha ter Braak. Bertha shared an apartment with Louise Matthes (later Schreinemacher-Matthes*) in Hengelo. Both women were employed as social workers. When they took Kitty in for safekeeping in the spring of 1943, they also found her a job as a housekeeper with the Damhuis family. It was through this employment that Kitty met Riemko M. Holtrop, whom she married officially, though illegally, in August 1944. On April 12, 1992, Yad Vashem recognized Bertha ter Braak as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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