Joost Pieter Bos

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Jan Bos
Moeder: Jannetje van Wingerden
Geboren: 10 Apr 1910 Zwijndrecht
Overleden: 1979 Loosduinen, Den Haag
Religie: G.K.
Beroep: onderwijzer
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Bos
First Name: Joost Pieter
Date of Birth: 10/04/1910
Date of death: 14/10/1979
Rescuer's fate: survived imprisoned
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: SCHOOL TEACHER
Place during the war: Nieuwlande, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Nieuwlande, Drenthe, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1148)
Joost Bos, originally from Zwijndrecht, South Holland, worked as a schoolteacher in Nieuwlande, Drenthe. Together with his wife, Goverdiena, born in Veen, he hid three Jews---Ellie Kapper, Dolf Kool, and Henk Bonenwit. In the last few months of the war, when the population of Limburg, in particular women and children, were evacuated to other parts of Holland, the Boses also welcomed a mother and her three children into the safety of their home. On the evening of October 16, 1944, the Dutch Nazi-affiliated armed guards broke into the Boses’ house in an attempt to root out hidden fugitives. The intruders found Ellie in bed, but were told that she was a cousin from the west of Holland, and believed the story. They then fired shots into the ceiling, but fortunately they missed the two Jewish boys and a third fugitive who were hidden in the loft. The guards also failed to detect the other hidden boys when they continued searching the house for “illegal” materials. Nevertheless, Joost was arrested for harboring fugitives. He was taken to Assen and transferred to the SD there.
On June 9, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Joost Pieter Bos and his wife, Goverdiena Bos-Schermers, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Goverdiena Schermers geb. 16 Juni 1909 overl. 1959
Huwelijk: 1933 onbekend
Kinderen:
  Johanna Maria Bos Male geb. 1935
  Janny Anna Elizabeth Bos Male geb. 15 Feb 1938 overl. 31 Juli 1996
  Gerrit Jan Bos Male geb. 7 Sept 1942 overl. 8 Sept 1942