Nutte Cuperus

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Marten Wealtjes Cuperus
Moeder:	Klaaske Venema
Geboren:	8 Feb 1916	Nes
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Cuperus First Name: Nutte Date of Birth: 08/02/1916 Date of death: 04/08/1981 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Moddergat, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Moddergat, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2247) Hanneke Denneboom was six years old when unknown persons fetched her from her parents’ home and took her to a hideout. From there, she was moved to a second and then a third address until, in the spring of 1944, a pastor brought her to a meeting place in Moddergat, Friesland, where Nutte and Reinou Cuperus picked her up. Her foster parents, a newlywed couple, spread the rumor that the little girl had been sent to them because of the food shortage in Amsterdam. Hanneke attended school like every other child in the region and since she did not look Jewish no one suspected anything. Nevertheless, Nutte and Reinou prepared a hiding place for her in case the situation became more precarious. “I wish to declare that Mr. and Mrs. Cuperus have been a real father and mother, who even managed to turn this miserable period into a pleasant one for me,” Mrs. Hanneke Rijkmans-Denneboom wrote in her testimony to Yad Vashem. On June 13, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Nutte Cuperus and his wife, Reinou Cuperus-de Jong, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Reinou de Jong	geb. 7 OKT 1917 overl. 25 Apr 1994
Huwelijk:	29 MEI 1941	Westdongeradeel