Jan Hendrik Bakker

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Harmen Antonie Bakker
Moeder: Frederika Scholten
Geboren: 6 Dec 1903 Steenderen
Overleden: 9 Apr 1979
Religie: Ned. Hervormd
Beroep: verwarmingsmonteur
Aantekeningen: Personal Information
Last Name: Bakker
First Name: Hendrik
Date of Birth: 08/12/1903
Date of death: 09/04/1979
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Rescue
Place during the war: Eindhoven, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Eindhoven, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2952)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 28/06/1984
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Rescued Persons
Benninga, Lena
Benninga, Zjudie
Benninga, Jacob
Rescue Story
Bakker, Hendrik & Johanna (Kaptein)
When the Germans began deporting the Jews of Eindhoven in August 1942, Hendrik and Johanna Bakker wasted no time offering their home as a refuge to members of the Benninga family. Hendrik had been a customer of Jacob Benninga and his younger cousin, also called Jacob, who ran a business together in the area. Hendrik told the family that he would help them in case of trouble and would be willing to accommodate them under any circumstances. The older Jacob Benninga was the first to take Hendrik up on his offer. On August 27, when the Germans ordered all Jews to leave Eindhoven, he headed straight to the Bakkers’ house instead of to the train station. His younger cousin, Jacob, and his wife, Zjudie---who was the younger Jacob’s sister---found refuge elsewhere but after two months their hiding place became unsafe and they too went to stay with the Bakkers. The Bakkers’ house was small and became cramped with so many people living there. Hendrik began searching for an alternative hiding place for the younger Jacob. He sent him to join his parents, who were staying with Hendrik’s friends in nearby Aalst, leaving the older Jacob and Zjudie in Eindhoven. A month after the younger Jacob left the Bakkers’ house, his sister Lena’s hiding place became unsafe and again the Bakkers opened their home and took her in. Athough the Benningas helped as much as they could to alleviate the financial burden of supporting so many people with such inflated prices for supplies and food, they could only provide a very modest sum. Hendrik and Johanna Bakker took great personal risks in hiding the Benningas and, thanks to them, the entire family was saved from extermination.
On June 28, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Bakker and his wife, Johanna Bakker-Kaptein, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Johanna Kaptein geb. 7 Nov 1896
Huwelijk: 14 Dec 1927 Zutphen