Johannis Blacquière

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Jacobus Frederik Blacquière
Moeder:	Stijntje Huisman
Geboren:	21 Apr 1911	Geertruidenberg
Overleden:	25 MRT 1985
Religie:		geen, Ned. Hervormd
Beroep:		werktuigbouwkundige
Aantekeningen:	Blacquiere Johannis (1911 - 1985 ) Personal Information Last Name: Blacquiere First Name: Johannis Date of Birth: 21/04/1911 Date of death: 25/03/1985 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male 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.31.2/12012) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 06/02/2011 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Thompson, Kohnke, Anneke Rescue Story Blacquière, Johannis Blacquière-Tissot van Patot, Jacoba Henriëtte In the summer of 1942, soon after the onset of the deportation of the Dutch Jewish population to the camps in the East, Johannis and Jacoba Blacquière discussed the situation with Jewish friends further down the street. The idea arose for them to take in a child who would thus escape the ordeal of ‘hard work in the East’. It was considered better to take a child unknown in their neighborhood. And so, soon afterwards, Johannis found himself waiting at the tram station for a ward, who was brought by Cora Greenaway-de Jong*. Cora had just taken baby Anneke Kohnke from her parents’ home in Amsterdam, a very traumatic separation, which took much longer than planned and was coordinated with the Blacquières. Luckily, Johannis continued to wait at the station. The Blacquières, a family of four, lived in the little village of Voorburg, bordering The Hague: his wife Jacoba and their two very small children, born in 1940 and 1941. Anneke became the third child in the family, presented to outsiders as a distant cousin orphaned during the bombing of Rotterdam. Having instant siblings her own age, Anneke immediately felt at home. The Blacquière children, being so small at the time themselves, knew no better than that Anneke was their biological sister. Anneke was sometimes allowed to play outside around the house with the other children, but she mainly stayed inside during the entire period of her hiding with the Blacquières, and under their close supervision. Anneke stayed until the liberation of the western parts of the Netherlands, some three years later, in May 1945. It then turned out that Anneke’s parents had been caught at their hiding place and deported. They were murdered in Auschwitz in September 1943. The Blacquières expressed an interest in keeping her. However, on the orders of the State Child Orphans Committee that was established to solve the problems of placement for the orphaned Jewish children, Anneke was taken from the Blacquières. After what was to be a temporary stay in an orphanage, before possibly returning to the Blacquières, contact was made with relatives in the United States who subsequently claimed her. In 1946, she moved to America and contact with Cora and the Blacquières was severed. For years, Jacoba suffered from severe depression as a result. With the introduction of the internet, both Anneke (now, Thompson) and the Blacquière children independently started a search for each other. In 2007, they found each other, as well as Cora and remained in touch ever after. On February 6, 2011, Yad Vashem recognized Johannis Blacquière and Jacoba Henriëtte Blacquière-Tissot van Patot as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Jacoba Henrietta Tissot van Patot	geb. 1 Sept 1912 overl. 12 Dec 2003
Huwelijk:	12 OKT 1937	Ginneken en Bavel
Kinderen:
	Frederik Johannis Pieter Blacquière	geb. 15 MEI 1938 overl. 20 MEI 1938