Leonard Baijlé
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Johannes Baijlé | |
| Moeder: | Maria Johanna Nix | |
| Geboren: | 6 Juli 1907 | Laren, N.-H. |
| Overleden: | 21 Sept 1991 | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Bayle First Name: Leonard Date of Birth: 06/07/1907 Date of death: 21/09/1991 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: POSTAL CLERK Rescue Place during the war: Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands Blaricum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Commemoration Date of Recognition: 10/07/1994 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Kat, Roelof, Jan Baylé, Leonard & Neeltje Margaretha Hermina (Koster) In March 1944 Leonard and Neeltje Baylé of Arnhem, Gelderland, agreed to take care of six-week-old Roelof Jan Kat of Amsterdam, who had been born to a Jewish family in hiding. Although Neeltje and Leonard, a civil servant employed by the Dutch Post Office, knew the risks of hiding a Jewish baby and being involved in other Resistance activities, they felt it was their Christian duty to save human lives. When Roelof arrived at the Baylés home they were so moved by his pitiful condition, emaciated and blue from the cold, that they nurtured him back to health and showered him with love. Their two children, Leonard, eight, and Margaretha, six, helped take care of their new brother and kept his presence a secret. The family told people that the baby was a child from Zeeland whose father had been called up for forced labor in Germany and whose mother could not take care of him. They even had an employee at the registry office in Arnemuiden, Zeeland, forge a false birth announcement for the official population documents. When the Baylé family fled Arnhem in September 1944, following the disastrous battle, they pulled the baby in a carriage behind their bicycles for 65 kilometers to Blaricum, North Holland. They stayed with relatives there until the end of the war in May 1945. On July 10, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Leonard Baylé and his wife, Neeltje Margaretha Hermina Baylé-Koster, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Neeltje Margaretha Hermina Koster | geb. 11 Dec 1899 overl. 23 Juli 1966 |
| Huwelijk: | 20 Aug 1935 | Blaricum |