Robert van Amerongen
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Juda Barend van Amerongen | |
| Moeder: | Henriëtte Elisabeth Dekkers | |
| Geboren: | 11 Feb 1924 | Alkmaar |
| Overleden: | 2014 | |
| Religie: | geen | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Amerongen van First Name: Robert Date of Birth: 11/02/1924 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: STUDENT Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Alkmaar, Noordholland, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Arranging shelter Supplying basic goods Providing forged documents File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4497) In the fall of 1943, a group of about 17 students established an underground organization in Amsterdam. The group concentrated on finding hiding places for Jews, forging identity cards, and procuring food coupons and money for distribution. By the end of the war, the group was caring for about 100 Jewish fugitives. Robert van Amerongen, the son of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, was involved in some of the groups most dangerous activities. In spite of his Jewish appearance, he traveled to meetings, maintained connections with other illegal organizations, procured money and papers for distribution and escorted Jews to hiding places. By being involved in these activities, Robert endangered his own life and risked being caught both as a half-Jew and for working for the underground. Robert nevertheless devoted himself totally to this work and in doing so set an example of courage and integrity to the others in the group. Being students in Amsterdam, Robert and his colleagues widened the circle of underground activists in the city. The center of Roberts group was in Alkmaar, in the province of North Holland, where many of the Jews Robert helped were hidden. Between 1943 and 1945, the group helped Jacob L. Lobatto, born in 1925, his sister Miep Gompes-Lobatto, and their cousin Elizabeth de Vries, as well as many others. Roberts own mother hid Jews in her home for short periods of time, among them Jacob Lobatto. In August 1943, Jacob and Robert made an arrangement with a food company. The arrangement allowed the underground to use trucks to transport food from the provinces to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam, the food was stored in the food companys warehouses and from there distributed among the fugitives hidden in the city. In the fall of 1944, the group Robert was involved with was incorporated into the VGA (Amsterdam Free Groups), a federation of some 50 small Resistance groups active in the city of Amsterdam. After the war Robert continued to take on leading positions in public life, both in the fields of education and in the war against drug abuse. On September 25, 1990, Yad Vashem recognized Robert van Amerongen as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Laura Elisabeth Henderika Meursing | geb. 24 MRT 1926 |
| Huwelijk: | 1952 | onbekend |