Jakob de Blauw
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Jakob de Blauw | |
| Moeder: | Sietske de Jonge | |
| Geboren: | 24 Jan 1916 | Rotterdam |
| Religie: | geen | |
| Aantekeningen: | Blauw de Jakob Personal Information Last Name: Blauw de First Name: Jakob Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/8873) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 01/01/2000 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Rescued Persons Philips, Carla Neeter, Max Rescue Story Blauw de, Jakob Blauw de-de Jonge, Sietske Blauw de, Jakob Jr. Jakob de Blauw, born in Friesland, lived in Heerlen (prov. South Limburg) with his wife Sietske. One of their two sons, Jakob Jr., 24, lived close by with his wife Franciska (née Skorc). Jakob Sr. was a baker, Sietske a housewife. In the thirties, Jakob had been active with the local socialist youth movement, AJC, where he met Simon Philips. With the increase in the anti-Jewish measures, Philips, a Jew, turned to de Blauw for help 'in case of need'. Thus, with the onset of the deportations of the Jews in the summer of 1942, the de Blauws took Simon and his wife Henriëtte (née Sajet) into their home, whereas other hiding places were located for daughters Carla, b.1930, and Sofia, b.1929. Simon and Henriëtte Philips were allocated a room upstairs and a special hiding area was prepared in the attic. They were to stay indoors at all times; in the evenings they enjoyed dinner together with the de Blauw family. Henriette helped out with the housework. Relations between the Philipses and the de Blauws were excellent. Simon had made arrangements ahead of time to transfer money to the de Blauws for their monthly expenses. When the de Blauws were informed that 12-year-old daughter Carla was having a hard time at her hiding address in Rotterdam, they agreed that she come to stay with them for a month. In November 1943, Jakob Jr., who himself had Max Neeter from Amsterdam in hiding in his own home, went to pick Carla up and brought her to his parents. After this period, they agreed to also temporarily take in the other daughter Sofia. On December 28, 1943, however, the Philipses were betrayed. While the de Blauws were out, Dutch police entered the home, specifically looking for Jews. The Philips couple, together with daughter Sofia who was still there, managed to hide in a closet in their room and were not discovered. In the meantime, Jakob de Blauw Sr. was summoned home and the Dutch police returned. He was interrogated, and while being severely beaten, the Philipses came out of their hiding place. They were all arrested. De Blauw was taken to the prison in Scheveningen, and from there to the Vught (Herzogenbusch) concentration camp. When he was further pressed to give the new hiding address of daughter Carla, he insisted that he did not know. Immediately after his father's arrest, Jakob Jr. moved Max Neeter elsewhere. Being sick with tuberculosis, Jakob de Blauw Sr. was released in September 1944 - a week before the liberation of Heerlen. Simon, Henriëtte and Sofia Philips, however, had been taken to Westerbork and then deported to Auschwitz, where they were murdered. Carla alone survived and immigrated to the United States. She lost all contact with the de Blauws, until the late 1990s, when a researcher investigating the fate of the Jews of Heerlen located her. Ever since she maintained contact with Jakob Jr. On May 14, 2000, Yad Vashem recognized Jakob de Blauw, Sietske Blauw de-de Jonge and their son Jakob de Blauw, as Righteous Among the Nations |
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