Johan Bleeker
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Johannes Bleeker | |
| Moeder: | Jacobje Blaauw | |
| Geboren: | 24 Apr 1906 | Schoterland |
| Overleden: | 28 Jan 1997 | |
| Beroep: | schoenmaker | |
| Aantekeningen: | Bleeker Johan (1906 - 1997 ) Personal Information Last Name: Bleeker First Name: Johan Date of Birth: 24/04/1906 Date of death: 28/01/1997 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: SHOEMAKER Organization/ Religious order: Westerweel Groep Place during the war: Heerenveen, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Heerenveen, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2056) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 26/05/1981 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes Rescued Persons Ehrenfest, Ruth Asscher, Channa Asscher, Harry, Naftali Surname unknown, Letty Rescue Story Bleeker, Johan & Fokje (Dijkstra) Johan Bleeker, a shoemaker, and his wife, Fokje, from Heerenveen, Friesland, were deeply involved in the underground activities. Johans workshop was attached to his house. In August 1942, as the Germans began to deport the Jews on a large scale, the Halutzim group started searching for places to hide members. Bouke Koning* and Joop Westerweel*, searching for families in the Friesland province willing to hide Jews, came into contact with the Bleekers. For a short time, the Bleekers hid a young Jewish girl called Letty and later their home served as a temporary hiding place for Resistance workers until a safer address could be found for them. During Lettys stay with the Bleekers, they made her remain inside during the day and kept her busy with household chores. They treated her as if she were their own child and gave her all the support she needed. They pretended to neighbors that Letty was a relative from Rotterdam whose house had been bombed. However, when people became suspicious of how exactly Letty was related, it became too dangerous for her to stay there. Four months later she moved to another place and eventually she became head of a clandestine transit house in Rotterdam for Halutzim members who were fleeing Holland. In October 1943, the Nazis arrested Letty. She was sent to Auschwitz but somehow managed to survive. During the war, Johan and Fokje hid several other people, including Harry (later Naftali) Asscher, an activist with the Westerweel* group, who stayed with them for a short period, his wife, Channa, and Ruth Ehrenfest, a pioneer from the Youth Aliyah home in Loosdrecht but originally from Austria. On May 26, 1981, Yad Vashem recognized Johan Bleeker and his wife, Fokje Bleeker-Dijkstra, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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Gezin 1
| Huwelijkspartner: | Fokje Dijkstra | geb. 15 MRT 1910 overl. 6 Jan 2000 |
| Huwelijk: | XXXX | onbekend |
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Jacoba Anna Bleeker
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geb. 26 Jan 1934 | |