Agatha Johanna van der Zwalm
Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
Vader: | Willem Frederik Josua van der Zwalm | |
Moeder: | Maria Johanna van Boxmeer | |
Geboren: | 8 Dec 1904 | Rotterdam |
Overleden: | 23 Nov 1983 | onbekend |
Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Bosschart First Name: Agatha Johanna Maiden Name: Zwalm van der Date of Birth: 08/12/1904 Date of death: 23/11/1983 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female 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 Versluises' 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: | Ferdinandus Martinus Bosschart | geb. 30 MRT 1903 overl. 15 Dec 1982 |
Huwelijk: | 18 OKT 1933 | Rotterdam |