Geertruida Migchelbrink
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Arend Jan Migchelbrink | |
| Moeder: | Aaltje Lammers | |
| Geboren: | 4 Apr 1915 | Wisch |
| Overleden: | 7 Feb 2006 | onbekend |
| Religie: | Geref. | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Bulsink First Name: Geertruida Maiden Name: Migchelbrink Date of Birth: 04/04/1915 Rescuer's fate: survived imprisoned Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: FARMER Place during the war: Terborg, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Terborg, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4451) In July 1942, eight-year-old Anna Klein was deported with her mother and sister to Westerbork. Six weeks later, she was released and her parents decided to send her immediately into hiding. In autumn 1942, Anna and her sister, Marianne, were escorted to Arnhem, Gelderland. and Anna was taken to the Migchelbrink family in Terborg, Gelderland. The Migchelbrinks were a farming family. The mother had died in 1933 and Geertruida, the eldest daughter, took care of her father and five siblings. One of her brothers had fallen in battle in May 1940. Geertruida treated Anna like a daughter and raised her with devotion and love. Marianne, who was hidden nearby, often visited her sister. Although Anna looked Jewish, she was able to attend the local school. Geertruidas father and eldest brother were both active in the local underground and often brought Jews home for temporary shelter. Anna Klein and Max and Francisca Jungblut-Wolff were the only people hidden permanently on the farm. On July 29, 1943, a food controller who was a Nazi-sympathizer searched the farm. The fugitives managed to escape and hide in the cornfields. Geertruidas brother was arrested but freed at a later stage. Geertruida and her sister were also arrested and later released. Later on in the war, the Jungbluts, hidden in a different place, were caught and deported. In 1944, Otto and Sophy Breyer-Herzberg came to hide on the farm. They stayed there until the liberation. At first, the Jews hid in the attic but later a cellar was constructed and used in emergency situations. The cellar was extremely small and the fugitives had to crawl to enter it. During the final months of the war, the Migchelbrink family was forced to accommodate a German officer in their home and some other soldiers in the stables. The officer was told that the people in the house were evacuees from bombed-out areas and he believed the story. After the war, Geertuida (whose father died in 1950) and her family kept in contact with the Breyers, Lydia Jungblut (a daughter of the couple that perished), and the Kleins. On November 16, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Geertruida Bulsink-Migchelbrink as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Bernard Albert Bulsink | geb. 11 Juni 1912 overl. 23 Juli 2000 |
| Huwelijk: | XXXX | onbekend |