Ettje Dekker
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Geert Dekker | |
| Moeder: | Ettje de Haan | |
| Geboren: | 20 MRT 1890 | Groningen |
| Beroep: | wijkverpleegster | |
| Aantekeningen: | Boer de Ettje Personal Information Last Name: Boer de First Name: Ettje Maiden Name: Dekker Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: CALVINIST Gender: Female Profession: HOUSEWIFE Place during the war: Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/9206) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 18/03/2001 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Pappie, Michael Blumenthal, First name unknown Rescue Story Boer de, Folkert Hendriksz Boer de-Dekker, Ettje Folkert de Boer and his wife Ettje, both in their fifties and devout Calvinists, lived with one of their three children in Leeuwarden (prov. Friesland). He was a clerk with the tax authorities and had served a number of years on the city council. Ettje was a housewife. With the onset of the deportations of the Jews in the summer of 1942, both became heavily involved with the local resistance group of Krijn van der Helm*. In November 1943, the de Boers were asked to hide a five-year-old Jewish boy, Michael Pappie from Utrecht. He already had been in hiding in Dokkum (prov. Friesland), first together with his parents and two brothers, and then at another address by himself. The Pappies had been whisked out of Utrecht by members of the Utrecht Student Committee*, in the summer of 1942. The de Boers responded positively as a matter of course, fully realizing the personal risk involved. Michael, now called Michiel de Boer, was introduced as a distant cousin, who could no longer stay at home for family reasons. He soon became part of the de Boer family as the little brother. Folkert and Ettje also became involved in hiding downed allied pilots in their home. In the fall of 1944, members of their resistance group were betrayed and the whole family went into hiding. Even though the de Boers themselves had to move a number of times because of the danger, they always took Michael with them. The de Boers had also hidden a Mrs. Blumenthal from Amsterdam for some time. Neither Michaels parents nor his two brothers survived the war. Michael initially stayed with the de Boers, and then was taken to a Jewish orphanage until he went to live in late 1946 with an aunt who had located him. He continued, however, to stay in close contact with the de Boers. Folkert and Ettje de Boer received formal recognition by General Eisenhower in the name of the U.S. President for their service in assisting the escape of Allied soldiers from the enemy. On March 18, 2001, Yad Vashem recognized Folkert Hendriksz de Boer and Ettje Boer de-Dekker, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Folkert de Boer | geb. 7 Juli 1890 |
| Huwelijk: | 5 Juli 1917 | Emmen |