Johannes Bomer

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Gijsbert Bomer
Moeder:	Sara Noppen
Geboren:	1 Jan 1902	Utrecht
Overleden:	28 Dec 1962
Aantekeningen:	Bomer Johannes (1902 - 1962 ) Personal Information Last Name: Bomer First Name: Johannes Date of Birth: 01/01/1902 Date of death: 28/12/1962 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/10726) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 18/12/2005 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Berclouw, Jacques Praag van, First name unknown Praag van, First name unknown Rescue Story Berclouw-Moes, Cornelia Bomer, Johannes Bomer-Jekel, Cornelia Catharina Cornelia Moes, b.1913, was an active member of the socialist youth movement AJC in The Hague. Among her Jewish friends was Jacques Berclouw, b.1918, from Amsterdam, who was working as a clerk with an insurance company in The Hague. When the AJC was shut down by order of the German authorities in 1940, many of its members turned to resistance activities and so did Cornelia. In September 1942, soon after the onset of the deportations of the Jews to the death camps, relatives of Jacques were rounded up in Amsterdam. After a short period of interim hiding places, Jacques turned to Cornelia, asking her for help in locating a new hiding address. Ever since the start of the deportations, Cornelia, a physically handicapped woman, was spending all her energies in locating hiding addresses, and moving children there, using her special bicycle that fit her handicap. Through her connections with former AJC members, she identified Johannes and Cornelia Bomer from Utrecht for Jacques. They were willing to take the risk, even though Cornelia Bomer was a sickly woman. The Bomers had two teenage children, Sara and Hendrik, who were told a ‘cousin’ was coming to stay with them for some time. Others, such as the van Praag couple, also found temporary shelter with the Bomers, even though they had a small apartment. From time to time the children were sent elsewhere in order to be able to accommodate the extra Jews in hiding. Jacques, now answering to the name Bert Bierman, passed the time by teaching the Bomer children arithmetic. Jacques stayed until the liberation of Utrecht in May 1945. Cornelia Bomer died soon after the war, and Johannes remarried. Their war experiences were no longer ever discussed. Jacques married Cornelia Moes and the couple moved to Australia in the early fifties. All contact was lost with the Bomer family until only recently as a result of a search by Sara, the Bomer daughter. On December 18, 2005, Yad Vashem recognized Cornelia Berclouw-Moes, Johannes Bomer and Cornelia Catharina Bomer-Jekel, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Cornelia Jekel	geb. 5 Dec 1900 overl. 4 Juli 1948
Huwelijk:	19 Dec 1929	Utrecht