Hester Juliana Octavia van Lennep
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Karel van Lennep | |
| Moeder: | Anna Elize Homans | |
| Geboren: | 8 Juli 1916 | Amsterdam |
| Overleden: | 1 Jan 2000 | Doesburg |
| Beroep: | masseuse, eigenaar Instituut voor Huidverzorging | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Baracs First Name: Hester Juliana Octavia Maiden Name: Lennep van Date of Birth: 08/07/1916 Date of death: 01/01/2000 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: CALVINIST Gender: Female Profession: Organization/ Religious order: Trouw Groep Rescue Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Amstelveen, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Arranging shelter Other Commemoration Date of Recognition: 22/02/1981 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes Rescued Persons Frank, Peter Michaelis, Ruth Rescue Story Baracs-van Lennep, Hester Juliana Octavia Hester van Lennep was the eighth child of an old aristocratic Amsterdam family of Reformed Christians, with seven much older siblings. During a vacation in Germany in the 1930s, she and her mother came face to face with Nazi propaganda. Hesters sister and her two grown-up sons were the key figures in the CS-6 Resistance group, named for their home address, Corellistraat 6. It was through them that around Christmas 1942 Hester met 42-year-old Sándor Baracs, a Hungarian Jew and one of the first Resistance workers. Before they met Hester had helped a Jewish boy named Peter Frank find a place to hide. Hester and Sándor fell in love and decided to devote themselves to hiding Jewish children. Hester ran a beauty salon in Amsterdam, and the building became a place of transit for dozens of Jewish children who were then taken to hiding places by Hester or one of her associates. In early 1943 Hester and Sándor were approached by a large number of desperate parents asking them to save their children. In May 1943 Hester and Sándor made contact with Dr. Gesina van der Molen*, a member of the editorial staff of the illegal newspaper Trouw. Gesina knew of a large number of safe places where children could be hidden. Hester and Sándor joined the Trouw-group. Together with Gesina and other people, including Mien Bouwman (Vooren*), who accompanied many children to their hiding places, they arranged safe houses for between 80 and 100 children. Pauline van Waasdijk*, Hesters partner in the beauty salon and her best friend, played a very important part in these activities. When her nephews were taken into custody in early August 1943, this placed Hester in danger and her fiancé Sándor urged her to go into hiding. Hester wanted to delay this for as long as possible in order to continue her Resistance work. But the following day she went into hiding in Amstelveen. On that same day, the Sipo raided her beauty salon. Shortly afterwards she heard that both her nephews had been executed. Their father died in a concentration camp. Being in hiding restricted Hesters activities but she continued to do what she could. Hester and Sándor were married in 1944 in the Tienhoven Town Hall in Utrecht, whose incumbent mayor had been appointed by Queen Wilhelmina. After the war many of the children they had saved came back to visit the Baracs family. On February 22,1981, Yad Vashem recognized Hester Juliana Octavia Baracs-van Lennep as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Sándor Baracs | geb. 17 Nov 1900 overl. 5 Aug 2002 |
| Huwelijk: | 20 Jan 1944 | Tienhoven |