Johanna Suzanna Levina de Smit
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | David de Smit | |
| Moeder: | Maria Elizabeth Evers | |
| Geboren: | 11 MRT 1899 | Sluis |
| Overleden: | 1959 | Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
| Aantekeningen: | Boeltjes Johanna (1899 - 1959 ) Personal Information Last Name: Boeltjes First Name: Johanna Suzanna Maiden Name: Smit de Date of Birth: 11/03/1899 Date of death: 20/02/1959 Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Haarlem, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Haarlem, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/10077) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 10/08/2003 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: Toronto, Canada Rescued Persons Holtz, First name unknown Zucker, Frans Rescue Story Boeltjes, Johan Hendrik Boeltjes-de Smit, Johanna Suzanna Leviena Johan and Johanna Boeltjes, both in their fifties, lived in Haarlem (prov. North Holland) with their son Hans, in his early twenties. Johan worked for the tax authorities. With the growing oppression of the German authorities and the increasing anti-Jewish measures, he felt the need to act. The family engaged in resistance activities, and by the summer of 1942 became involved in hiding Jews in their own home. For possible house searches, Johan installed a special hiding section in the house. In January 1943, through J. F. Hoekstra, a courier he knew from the resistance, a Mr. H. A. Holtz, then answering to the assumed name of van Houten, was brought to the Boeltjes home. They took care of all his needs. However, by the end of April 1943, his presence at the Boeltjes had leaked out, and he needed to be immediately moved. Hoekstra took Holtz to his own sister and brother-in-law Greet and Remmert Aten* in Zaandam, where he stayed until the liberation in May 1945. In September 1943, another Jew, Frans Zuecker was given refuge in the Boeltjes home. Zuecker, in his fifties, and originally from Germany, was a physiotherapist, and had met a Boeltjes daughter, a nurse, when both worked in a hospital in Amsterdam. The Boeltjes couple had told him earlier that they were willing to help should the need arise. Zuecker, as Holtz earlier, had to remain in the house at all times. Again, the Boeltjes took care of all his needs. On February 14, 1944, two policemen were waiting for the Boeltjes couple to return home, apparently tipped off that they were hiding Jews. They forced themselves into the house and immediately started to look for Jews. They found Zuecker and arrested him as well as Johan Boeltjes. Before leaving the house, they destroyed everything in it. Johan was first imprisoned in Haarlem and Amsterdam. From there he was transferred to the Vught (Herzogenbusch) concentration camp and then to Dachau, where he perished from typhus on April 2, 1945. Zuecker was deported to Auschwitz and murdered. On March 10, 2003, Yad Vashem recognized Johan Hendrik Boeltjes and Johanna Suzanna Leviena Boeltjes-de Smit, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Johan Hendrik Boeltjes | geb. 7 Juni 1888 overl. 2 Apr 1945 |
| Huwelijk: | 31 MRT 1931 | Alphen a/d Rijn |