Cornelia Johanna Gertruda Beerens
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Franciscus Matheus Beerens | |
| Moeder: | Gerardina Maria van Oers | |
| Geboren: | 6 Aug 1919 | Tilburg |
| Religie: | Rooms Katholiek | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Domburg van First Name: Cornelia Maiden Name: Surname unknown Date of Birth: 06/08/1919 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Tilburg, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Tilburg, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1307) This story begins in November 1942. The Jewish Trompetter family from Amsterdam had two infants, one of them their biological son and the second, older by two months, the son of Mr. Trompetters sister, who had already been deported to a concentration camp with her husband and had left the child with her brother. The two infants were hidden in different places, one with a family and the second at a nursery. The van Domburgs lived in Tilburg, North Brabant. Jan van Domburg worked in the anti-aircraft civilian defense office in the town and was asked by his boss if he was prepared to hide Jews in his house. After a few days, he said yes. On November 21, 1942, the Trompetters arrived there and Jan made every effort to keep their presence a secret. When asked by his boss a few months later whether the family had arrived, he said no. In Tilburg, there were frequent house-to-house searches and so the van Domburgs prepared a hiding place underneath the floor covered by a carpet. When their house was searched, Jan managed to convince the Germans that there was nothing to be found there. The Trompetters were not wealthy and could not pay for their shelter and the food they received. Jan was very deeply involved with the underground. He hid a radio in the anti-aircraft civilian defense building administered by the Germans and passed on the good news, the progress of the Allies, to encourage the family in hiding. Cornelia also risked her life to go out every month to check on the two infants. On one visit, at the time of fighting near Arnhem, she decided that the childrens nursery in Nijmegen where one of the infants was being hidden was no longer safe, so she took the child and found another place. After the war, two of Mr. Trompetters brothers returned from the camps and stayed temporarily at the van Domburgs until they found a place to live. The two families never separated. The Trompetters decided to immigrate to the United States in 1948 and after three years the van Domburgs joined them. In 1972, the two families decided to move back to their homeland. They found apartments near each other, as in the United States. On May 31, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Jan van Domburg and his wife, Cornelia van Domburg, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Johannes Antonius Petrus Judocus van Domburg | geb. 8 Juni 1913 |
| Huwelijk: | 30 Dec 1939 | Tilburg |