Bontje Aardema
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Hette Aardema | |
| Moeder: | Sjoeke Kroes | |
| Geboren: | 12 Jan 1912 | Sleen |
| Overleden: | 26 Apr 1988 | |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Beroep: | winkelierster | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Hoogeveen First Name: Bontje Maiden Name: Aardema Date of Birth: 12/01/1912 Date of death: 26/04/1988 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: SHOP OWNER Place during the war: Nieuwe Krim, Drenthe, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Nieuwe Krim, Drenthe, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1631) Bontje Hoogeveen-Aardema, originally from Veenoord and living in Nieuwe Krim, Drenthe, during the war, was very active in the underground movement. Together with her husband, Jacob, she ran a grocery store, and they were far from being wealthy. Bontje and Jacob had three young children, yet because of their strong Christian convictions they were willing to hide Jews in their home even if it endangered their lives. The situation, however, was incredibly precarious. While Jacob and Bontje were hiding Mrs. Anholt, Henriette Verveer, and her seven-year-old son, their neighbors, were caught hiding a Jew and some armaments, and the father of the family was executed. Around the same time, another neighbor was hiding a Jewish woman who went mad and became a danger to her hosts and to the other fugitives in the village whom she knew about. Bontje and Jacob managed to arrange for the woman to be hospitalized in an asylum. Despite these incidents, the Hoogeveens succeeded in keeping their fugitives hidden---when danger was imminent, the Jewish refugees hid in a space under the floor of the house. However, in November 1944, Bontjes family in Veenoord was caught hiding a Jewish girl and both the girl and Bontjes two brothers, Meindert and Jacob Aardema*, were deported to concentration camps, where they managed to survive the war. At this time, the Hoogeveens decided that it was too dangerous to continue sheltering people in their home. The fugitives left temporarily, but they soon returned and remained with the Hoogeveens until the liberation. On May 24, 1979, Yad Vashem recognized Jacob Hoogeveen and his wife, Bontje Hoogeveen-Aardema, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Jacob Hoogeveen | geb. 7 Nov 1909 overl. 17 Aug 1988 |
| Huwelijk: | 6 MRT 1940 | Schoonebeek |