Hendrik Douwes

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Bouwe Douwes
Moeder:	Martzen Borger
Geboren:	6 Feb 1920	Surhuisterveen
Overleden:	2006
Religie:		G.K., Ned. Hervormd
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Douwes First Name: Hendrik Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Organization/ Religious order: The N.V.- LTD Group (en-va LTD.Group) Place during the war: Geleen, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Geleen, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2827) Hendrik and Hiltje Douwes lived in the village of Geleen, Limburg. Hiltje's brother and his wife, the Hofstedes*, also lived there and both couples were active in the hiding of Jewish children throughout the area. The Hofstedes hid Henny Kalkstein, a six-year-old Jewish girl whose parents had fled from Poland. She was brought to them from Amsterdam by the NV group in 1943 with her brother Ronnie, who was hidden in another village. It sometimes became dangerous for the Hofstedes to hide Henny when there were searches in the area, so they moved her for shorter and longer periods to other families, but mainly to the Douweses. The child liked being with her "cousins," who had a baby. They treated her like part of the family. In her testimony to Yad Vashem, Henny recalled that they did this without any compensation and out of purely humanitarian motives. At the end of the war, Henny returned to her parents after they had gotten back on their feet financially. She kept in close contact with the Douweses and the Hofstedes even after she moved to Israel. On February 16 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Douwes and his wife, Hiltje Douwes-Hofstede, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Hiltje Hofstede	geb. 1919 overl. 2010
Huwelijk:	1941