Ferdinandus Martinus Bosschart

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Pieter Constant Leendert Hugo Bosschart
Moeder: Francisca Johanna van Wichen
Geboren: 30 MRT 1903 Rotterdam
Overleden: 15 Dec 1982 onbekend
Religie: Ned. Hervormd
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Bosschart
First Name: Ferdinand Martinus
Date of Birth: 30/03/1903
Date of death: 15/12/1982
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Place during the war: Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Arranging shelter Other
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3261)
After Herman Denneboom was deported in 1942 from his home in Zeist, Utrecht, his wife, Eva Denneboom-Nathans, asked relatives to help find hiding places for her and her two young daughters, 11-year-old Hertha (later Tsvia) and Shulamit. She was put in touch with Ferdinand Bosschart, also from their home town, who arranged to meet them on September 17, 1942, at the railway station in Amersfoort and take them to Jan and Aaltje Versluis*, who lived in Zeist and agreed to hide them. Ferdinand kept in touch with them, making sure they had what they needed, and even organized Hebrew lessons at his home for a number of Jewish children in the area for a while until it became too dangerous. He acted on his own initiative, without the support of any underground group, motivated by what he and his wife saw as their Christian duty. In August 1944, when Eva and Hertha had to leave the VersluisesÂ’ because the family situation had changed, Ferdinand picked them up and found them alternative addresses. (Shulamit had already been moved to another family.) He took Hertha to the Verheuls*, where she stayed until the end of the war, while her mother hid elsewhere.
On December 5, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Ferdinand Martinus Bosschart and his wife, Agatha Johanna Bosschart-van der Zwalm, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Agatha Johanna van der Zwalm geb. 8 Dec 1904 overl. 23 Nov 1983
Huwelijk: 18 OKT 1933 Rotterdam