Leonard Arnold Herman van den Bergh
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Karel van den Bergh | |
| Moeder: | Antonia Hendrika Lem | |
| Geboren: | 4 Dec 1909 | Den Haag |
| Religie: | geen | |
| Beroep: | timmerman | |
| Aantekeningen: | Bergh van den Leonard (1909 - ? ) Personal Information Last Name: Bergh van den First Name: Leonard Arnold Herman Date of Birth: 04/12/1909 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: The Hague, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: The Hague, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3636) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 29/04/1987 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Blom, Emanuel de Beer, Bernard Drilsma, Roland, Leonard de Beer, Blom, Sara Rescue Story Bergh van den, Leonard Arnold Herman & Cornelia (den Boef) In early 1943 the de Beer-Blom family went into hiding. The son went to Kinderdijk, the daughter to Dordrecht, and the parents, Bernard and Sara de Beer, as well as Saras brother, Emanuel Blom, went to a hideout that they were soon forced to leave after it became unsafe. In February 1943, Bernard and Sara made contact with an underground worker who found them a hiding place with Leo and Cornelia van den Bergh in The Hague, South Holland. At the time the van den Berghs had no children. Sara and Bernard paid for their own meals plus six extra guilders per week. On March 1, 1943 Emanuel joined his sister and brother-in-law. After being in the van den Berghs home for two months Bernard began to suffer from the close confinement and so he and his wife moved to Belgium. They were later apprehended and sent to Auschwitz. After the de Beers left Emanuel remained with Leo and Cornelia, who, from the beginning, had told him not to worry about the money. In August 1943 Leo and Cornelia took in Roland Leonard Drilsma, a Jewish lawyer from Amsterdam. In 1944, when the food situation was at its worst, Leo van den Bergh regularly rode by bicycle to the north of the country to find food, which he always divided equally between the members of his extended household. In November 1944, when the Germans scoured the country for able-bodied men whom they could dispatch to forced-labor camps in Germany, Leo and the Jewish fugitives hid under the living room floor. The Germans searched the house but did not find them. After the war, the housing shortage was so great that Emanuel Blom remained with Leo and Cornelia until September 1945. When he left his hosts told him not to feel obligated for what they had done for him because they were happy that they had been given the opportunity to save him and were content to stay in touch with him as a friend. Prince Bernard awarded Leo van den Bergh with a medal. On April 29, 1987, Yad Vashem recognized Leonard Arnold Herman van den Bergh and his wife, Cornelia van den Bergh-den Boef, as Righteous Among the Nations |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Cornelia den Boef | geb. 13 Feb 1912 overl. 3 Apr 1967 |
| Huwelijk: | 26 Nov 1937 | Den Haag |