Hilda van Borrendam
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Andries van Borrendam | |
| Moeder: | Estella Dorothea Belinfante | |
| Geboren: | 18 Jan 1913 | Den Haag |
| Overleden: | 7 Sept 1990 | |
| Religie: | geen | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Hendriks First Name: Hilda Maiden Name: Borrendam van Date of Birth: 18/01/1913 Date of death: 07/09/1990 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: TEACHER Place during the war: Haag, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Haag, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/10250) Jacobus (called Flip) and Hilda Hendriks were a young couple who had set up their home in The Hague, in a three-room apartment. Flip was a clerk at the municipal gas company and Hilda was a teacher. Their first child, Robert, was born at the end of 1941. With the increasing anti-Jewish measures, the Hendrikses felt they needed to help, fully realizing the personal risk involved. At the end of 1943, when Flip heard at his office of a woman who was being harassed at her hiding address, he decided, after consultation with Hilda, to take her into their home. Ingeborg (called Ingrid) Lippmann, 21, ethnically only partly Jewish (mischlinge), had managed to flee Germany in December 1942 together with her Jewish boyfriend, Max Leske. Although they had false passports, he was caught at the border and subsequently deported. Ingrid was nonetheless let go. She made her way to The Hague, where she had an initial contact address. At the Hendrikses, Ingrid was given one of the two bedrooms in the apartment. Communicating was difficult in the beginning, but Ingrid soon learned Dutch. In order to keep busy, she did sewing for the family. At the beginning of 1944, the Hendrikses also took in Rosa Pappie, an older Jewish woman, who shared the room with Ingrid. By the end of 1944, another Jew was taken in by Flip and Hilda. The Hendrikses made room for him in their living room. All were to stay indoors at all times, since no one knew of their presence with the couple. Since the apartment was anything but soundproof, they needed to be very quiet during the hours that the Hendrikses were out. That meant no flushing of the toilet, not even coughing or sneezing, for the neighbors to hear. Visits of family and friends were kept to a minimum. In November 1944, a second Hendriks child was born, and yet the Jews were kept on. The Hendrikses managed to get some stolen food ration cards, in order to get food supplies for the three in hiding. Even during the infamous Hungerwinter of 1944-1945, when there was no heating or electricity, and hardly anything to eat, the Henrikses kept all three and shared the very little they had, which regularly included tulip bulbs and sugar beets. All stayed until the liberation of The Hague in May 1945. Thereafter, Ingrid moved to the United States and stayed in touch with the Hendrikses. On May 2, 2004, Yad Vashem recognized Jacobus Philippus Hendriks and Hilda Hendriks-van Borrendam, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Jacobus Philippus Hendriks | geb. 18 Feb 1910 overl. 22 Aug 1978 |
| Huwelijk: | 5 Apr 1939 | Den Haag |