Janna Gerritdena Steenhagen

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Derk Gerrit ten Brink
Moeder: Jenneken Steenhagen
Geboren: 16 OKT 1915 Almelo
Overleden: 25 Jan 2005 Gaylord, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
Religie: Ned. Hervormd
Aantekeningen: Blom Janny (1915 - ? )
Personal Information
Last Name: Blom
First Name: Janny
Maiden Name: Steenhagen
Date of Birth: 15/10/1915
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Profession: DENTAL ASSISTENT
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: Willem Mijndert Blom geb. 26 Jan 1914 overl. 1988
Huwelijk: 25 Feb 1938 Bergen, N.-H.
Kinderen:
  Edgar Paul Blom Female geb. 19 OKT 1944
  Hubart Peter Blom Female geb. 5 Sept 1938