Antje Wiersma

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Auke Wiersma
Moeder: Jantje Zijlstra
Geboren: 28 Apr 1908 Den Haag
Overleden: 8 MRT 1975 Den Haag
Religie: Ned. Hervormd, geen
Beroep: onderwijzeres
Aantekeningen: Den Haag. Echtgenote van Johannes. B.R.S. Was met man in Spanje en werd daar gevangen genomen. Lijst van links-extremistische personen (1939).
Last Name: Treurniet
Wiersma
First Name: Antje
Maiden Name: Molenaar
Date of death: 08/03/1975
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Profession: TEACHER
Place during the war: Den Haag, Zuidholland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Den Haag, Zuidholland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2295)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 03/06/1982
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes
In 1942, 24-year-old Wim Polak and his wife, Bea (Biet), of Amsterdam were summoned to report for deportation. They decided to go into hiding instead. Wim contacted a friend whose father had connections with the national Dutch Teachers’ Union. This friend found Bea a hiding place with the Lelyveld* family in The Hague and Wim was sent to the home of Antje Molenaar-Wiersma (later Treurniet). A month before Wim’s arrival, Antje, a teacher with two children, also from The Hague, had been informed that her first husband, Jan, had died in Mauthausen. Antje was a member of the The Hague Free Groups (see Weerheijm*, Louis and Johanna). Wim stayed with Antje for a short while until he moved to the home of Johanna de Boer-Koeman*. In the summer of 1942, Antje afforded shelter to Jolan Baum (later Strumpfmann) of Rotterdam, whose husband had been apprehended earlier that year. With a false identity card in the name of Justina Pulki, Jolan went to The Hague ostensibly to work for Antje as a housekeeper. Only Antje’s in-laws and Jan’s sister knew Jolan’s real identity. Jolan stayed with Antje until the end of the war. She only left the house for about three weeks, when the Baum children, who had been hiding in Driebergen, Utrecht, were betrayed and Jolan was moved temporarily to the Weerheijms’ home to be safe.
On June 3, 1982, Yad Vashem recognized Antje Treurniet-Wiersma as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Arie Treurniet geb. 22 MEI 1903 overl. 17 Jan 1992
Huwelijk:

Gezin 2

Huwelijkspartner: Johannes Molenaar geb. 27 Nov 1905 overl. 5 Juni 1942
Huwelijk: 30 Juli 1930 Den Haag