Hendrika Geertruida Kamp

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Herman Kamp
Moeder: Annigje Dekker
Geboren: 7 Nov 1893 Almelo, Stad
Overleden: 16 Feb 1966 Nijverdal
Beroep: controleuse
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Dooren van
First Name: Hendrika Geertruida
Maiden Name: Kamp Alias: RICK
Date of Birth: 07/11/1893
Date of death: 16/02/1966
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Place during the war: Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1765)
Johannes and Berend van Dooren, brothers, were underground activists who saved Jews and paid for their courage with their lives. They were caught, tortured and killed. Berend and his wife, Hendrika, (Rick) hid a Jewish child, Rachel Spitz, whose parents were hiding elsewhere. In October 1943, after her parents could no longer remain in their home, members of the underground escorted Rachel to Berend and Rick’s home. They looked after her as if she were their daughter and she called them “aunt” and “uncle.” When it became unsafe, Berend was forced to move the five-year-old child, but, when escorting her to a farmhouse near the town of Almelo, Overijssel, they were both caught. The child was sent to Westerbork and remained there until the camp was liberated. Fortunately for her, when she got there, after September 13, 1944, no more people were being deported to the extermination camps and her life was spared. Rachel’s parents, Isaac and Rebecca Spitz-van Wezel, were told where their daughter was immediately after the liberation of Holland. In Almelo, a street was named after the two brave brothers, The Brothers van Dooren Street.
On January 28, 1980, Yad Vashem recognized Berend van Dooren and his wife, Hendrika Geertruida van Dooren-Kamp, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Berend van Dooren geb. 18 Dec 1898 overl. 10 OKT 1944
Huwelijk: 19 Apr 1924 Almelo