Willem Mijndert Blom

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Karel Wilhelm Christiaan Blom
Moeder: Metella Willemijntje Nooter
Geboren: 26 Jan 1914 Amsterdam
Overleden: 1988 Royal Oak Oakland Michigan
Beroep: brandwacht
Aantekeningen: Blom Mijndert (1914 - ? )
Personal Information
Last Name: Blom
First Name: Mijndert
Date of Birth: 26/01/1914
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: FIREMAN
Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2522)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 07/03/1983
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes
Rescued Persons
Vreedenburg, Mariana
Vreedenburg, Samuel
Rescue Story
Blom, Mijndert & Janny (Steenhagen)
The Bloms, a couple with a young son, knew Samuel and Mariana Vreedenburg, who were Jewish, from the time Janny had worked as Samuel’s assistant at his private dental clinic in his house in Amsterdam before she married Mijndert, a fireman. The two couples became friends and remained in touch, even after Janny stopped working at the clinic. A few days after the German invasion, Janny visited Samuel and Mariana to see how they were. The next time she saw them was on July 13 1942, when she gave them the key to her house to use in times of need. Two days later, the Germans arrested large numbers of Jews in the south of Amsterdam and the Vreedenburgs decided to flee. They handed their young son over to their housekeeper, who took him to a family in Drenthe, and Samuel and Mariana went to the Bloms. “Neither Mrs. Blom nor her husband hesitated. They said: ‘You are staying here,’” wrote Mariana. What was meant to be a stay of just a single night turned into three hard years of living in hiding in a small room at the Bloms, from July 1942 until the liberation in May 1945. This was a very difficult time for the Bloms, and Janny in particular, since she had to make sure her little son did not discover the secret and tell the neighbors. Getting a hold of double the amount of food without arousing suspicion was also difficult. Things got so bad that Janny brought in her mother, Mrs. Steenhagen, to help her and watch her grandson and would even sometimes ride hundreds of kilometers on her bicycle to villages to get food for everyone. Thanks to the Bloms’ courage, the Vreedenburgs were saved, and reunited with their son at the end of the war.
On March 7, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Mijndert Blom and his wife, Janny Blom, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Janna Gerritdena Steenhagen geb. 16 OKT 1915 overl. 25 Jan 2005
Huwelijk: 25 Feb 1938 Bergen, N.-H.
Kinderen:
  Edgar Paul Blom Male geb. 19 OKT 1944
  Hubart Peter Blom Male geb. 5 Sept 1938