Christina Gusta Massa
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Gustav Robert Massa | |
| Moeder: | Christina Frederika Lether | |
| Geboren: | 23 Apr 1909 | Den Haag |
| Overleden: | 3 Juni 1982 | |
| Religie: | Rooms Katholiek | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Barendse First Name: Christina Gusta Maiden Name: Massa Date of Birth: 23/04/1909 Date of death: 03/06/1982 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: SECRETARY Rescue Place during the war: Voorburg, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Voorburg, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/583) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 03/11/1970 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Polak, First name unknown Ments van, Menat, Max, Mordechai Levie, Benno Polak, First name unknown Fransman, First name unknown Rescue Story Barendse, Diederick-Jan & Christina Gusta (Massa) Benno Levie, a high school student from Zwolle, Overijssel, initially went into hiding with a family in Huizen. In April 1943 his contact took him to Voorburg, South Holland, to the home of Diederick-Jan and Christina Barendse. The Barendses, who had an eight-year-old son, gave Benno a large, well-furnished room for which he paid normal rent. At the end of July 1943, Max van Ments (later Mordechai Menat), a student of physics at the University of Delft, was forced to leave his hideout with the van der Bols* in The Hague. He was brought to the Barendse family home, where he shared a room with Benno from August 8 until December 16, 1943. Diederick-Jan and Christina treated their lodgers exceptionally well. They never took financial advantage of the situation and visited the youngsters in their bedroom at least once a day in order to cheer them up. Diederick-Jan belonged to a small Protestant community and loved to read from the Bible and Christina was the secretary of a well-known Dutch author of children's books. The Barendses built a hiding place between the house and the sand on which it was built. The entrance, which could be locked from inside, was in the master bedroom and it was so well hidden that it was almost impossible to discover. In this hiding area, Max and Benno listened to the news from London several times a day. Mr. and Mrs. Polak also hid with the Barendses for a number of weeks in 1944. L.G. Fransman, a young man, also found refuge in the Barendses home in November and December 1944. Although there was a serious shortage of food Diederick-Jan and Christina never asked for financial compensation. On one occasion, while Fransman was in hiding in the Barendses' home, the Germans searched the house. The Jewish fugitives were hidden under the floor and were forced to crawl for cover under the metal hearth plate because the Germans were shooting above their heads. In mid-December 1943 Benno and Max had to leave the Barendses home immediately. The farewell was highly emotional and after the war contact between them and the Barendses was renewed. On November 3, 1970, Yad Vashem recognized Diederik-Jan Barendse and his wife, Christina Gusta Barendse-Massa, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Diederich Jan Barendse | geb. 9 MEI 1905 overl. 3 Feb 1999 |
| Huwelijk: | 19 Apr 1933 | Voorburg |