Germaine Suzanne Elise Henriette Loubère
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Juan Batiste Loubère | |
| Moeder: | Inés Berthe Chandebois | |
| Geboren: | 16 Juli 1903 | Malaga, Spanje |
| Overleden: | 22 Feb 1982 | |
| Aantekeningen: | Althoff Germaine (1903 - 1981 ) Personal Information Last Name: Althoff First Name: Germaine Suzanne Elise Henriette Maiden Name: Loubere Date of Birth: 16/07/1903 Date of death: 01/01/1981 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: TRANSLATOR Rescue Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/11972) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 06/02/2011 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Bausch, Polak, Betty Betty Polak (later, Bausch), was born 1919 into a religious Jewish family. In 1939, she married Philip de Leeuw, a fellow Jew whom she had met at the Hachshara (preparatory agricultural program for life in the Land of Israel) in Deventer in the east of the Netherlands. They stayed there until the farms were closed down by the German occupier. Both moved to the Jewish psychiatric hospital in Apeldoorn as caretakers. On January 21, 1943, the Germans deported all patients and staff from the Institute, but Betty and Philip managed to escape. From then on their paths separated. Philip joined a resistance group, but was arrested and shot in November 1944. Betty managed to obtain false papers in the name of Jo Musch, and went to work in a Catholic childrens home in Amsterdam, until she had to flee from there once it was found out that she was Jewish. She then turned to an acquaintance who put her in touch with Eduard and Germaine Althoff in Amsterdam. The Althoffs had two teenage children and a baby. Betty was welcomed into the household and helped care for the baby. The Althoffs already had the Juda couple, both musicians, in hiding with their small child. Eduard was active in a resistance cell, but specialized in obtaining false papers for Jews as well as food stamps. Betty was treated as one of the family and for the first time felt protected; she remembers that this was one of the happiest times in my life. Sadly enough, three months later, in August 1943, the Althoff home was raided. The Judas were able to go into the special hiding place and Betty managed to flee. Even though no one was found, Eduardus Althoff was arrested and taken to the Amersfoort concentration camp, notorious for its brutal treatment of inmates. Betty left Amsterdam, and knocked on the door of Jan and Anna Romein. The Romeins had three grown children, and although originally from Amsterdam, but had moved to the town of Blaricum, prov. North-Holland, during the occupation. All were involved one way or another in resistance activities. Both parents were respected historians and writers and well known for their anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi views; as a result, Jan was dismissed from his position as a history professor at Amsterdam University. The Romeins home was always open for Jews on the run, among whom were Ab Herzberg, the son of the well-known writer Abel Herzberg and Professor Jaap Presser, a fellow history professor. Betty was also welcomed without any further questions asked. She stayed a number of weeks until a safer hiding address could be located. Yet, a number of times, when she had to leave temporarily her subsequent addresses, she made it back to the Romeins, who each time gladly took her in. At the same time, the Romeins knew that their home was under surveillance. All lodgers would, therefore, sleep in their clothing with an overnight bag close at hand and well aware of the escape route. A house search did indeed follow; Jan was arrested and taken to the Amersfoort concentration camp, but was freed three months later. Betty survived the war and stayed in touch with her rescuers. On February 6, 2011, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Marius Romein and Anne Helena Margaretha Romein-Verschool as well as Eduardus Althoff and Germaine Althoff-Loubere as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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Gezin 1
| Huwelijkspartner: | Charles Arie Helberg | geb. 1902 |
| Huwelijk: | 1 MEI 1928 | Bloemendaal |
| Scheiding: | 2 MRT 1935 |
Gezin 2
| Huwelijkspartner: | Eduardus Antonius Althoff | geb. 6 OKT 1901 |
| Huwelijk: | 19 MRT 1936 | Amsterdam |