Thijs de Boer

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Hendrik de Boer
Moeder: Trijntje de Jong
Geboren: 20 Feb 1898 Workum
Overleden: 9 Dec 1973
Aantekeningen: Boer de Thijs (1898 - 1973 )
Personal Information
Last Name: Boer de
First Name: Thijs
Date of Birth: 20/02/1898
Date of death: 09/12/1973
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Place during the war: Workum, Friesland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Workum, Friesland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4341)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 17/07/1989
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Rescued Persons
Presser, Elisabeth
Rescue Story
Boer de, Thijs & Hinke (Boersma)
Elisabeth Presser was 13 years old when her father, not knowing where to hide from the Germans, took her to the De Wijnberg Hotel in Workum, Friesland. However, the father and daughter could not remain in the hotel for an extended period of time without being suspected by the Germans. Fortunately, Henry de Boer, the 19-year-old hotel cook, offered to help them. In February 1943, Henry took Elisabeth to his parents home, where she stayed until the end of the war. Henry and his 16-year-old brother, Sieben, worked for the Resistance. Their parents, Thijs and Hinke, hid Jews without ever asking for any reward. The Jews they hid all survived the war and Thijs and Hinke never stopped regarding Elisabeth as the daughter of their house.
On July 17, 1989,Yad Vashem recognized Thijs de Boer and his wife, Hinke de Boer-Boersma, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Hinke Boersma geb. 31 OKT 1899 overl. 16 Apr 1993
Huwelijk: 28 OKT 1922 Workum