Otto Willem van Geijtenbeek
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Otto Willem van Geijtenbeek | |
| Moeder: | Helena Maria Aleida ten Doesschaten | |
| Geboren: | 18 OKT 1908 | Lienden |
| Overleden: | 28 Juni 1997 | Borculo |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd, Doopsgezind | |
| Beroep: | gemeente secretaris van Borculo | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Geytenbeek van First Name: Otto Date of Birth: 18/10/1908 Date of death: 28/06/1997 Rescuer's fate: survived imprisoned camp inmate Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: CLERK Organization/ Religious order: Utrechts Kindercomite Place during the war: Borculo, Gelderland, The Netherlands ; Bernau am Chiemsee, Rosenheim (Oberbayern), Bavaria, Germany Rescue Place: Borculo, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Supplying basic goods File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/308) On February 23, 1943, Abraham Elzas found a hiding place for himself and his wife with the Hoogervorst* family but he still needed to find a shelter for his three daughters. Otto van Geytenbeek and his wife, Catharina, of Borculo, Gelderland, came forward and offered to take in the youngest daughter, Mary Estella, born in April 1941. The other daughters were given refuge by Henk and Cornelia Hoek* and Matthias and Gijsje Pliester*. Otto worked as a clerk for the local food distribution office. In this capacity, he could provide people with food coupons illegally. One of his "clients" was Hetty Voûte* of the Utrecht Children's Committee, who sometimes came to him to exchange as many as 50 coupons for food to be distributed among families hiding Jewish children. In February 1944, close associates of Otto in the Resistance were killed and Otto had to go into hiding. Catharina fled with Mary to the city of Groningen, where they stayed until the end of the war in May 1945. Meanwhile, Otto went into hiding but was caught, arrested, and taken to a number of Dutch and German prison camps. He was finally freed in April 1945 from Bernau, near Chiemsee. On February 6, 1973, Yad Vashem recognized Otto van Geytenbeek and his wife, Catharina Jacoba van Geytenbeek-Pathuis, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Catharina Jacoba Pathuis | geb. 27 Juni 1909 overl. 9 MRT 1961 |
| Huwelijk: | 22 Apr 1937 | Groningen |