Hendrik Binnendijk
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Abraham Binnendijk | |
| Moeder: | Gerritje Varkevisser | |
| Geboren: | 12 Sept 1900 | Voorschoten |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Binnendijk First Name: Hendrik Alias: HENK Date of Birth: 12/09/1900 Date of death: 14/07/1968 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: STUDENT Place during the war: Wassenaar, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Wassenaar, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Arranging shelter Supplying basic goods Providing forged documents File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4607) On August 19, 1942, Izaak de Wied and his family fled from their home in Leeuwarden, Friesland. They all found temporary hiding places in separate locations. His daughter, 16-year-old Susanna, was hiding in Lunteren, Gelderland, where she met Hendrik (Henk) Binnendijk. Henk, who was a student living with his stepmother, his sister, and two brothers on the family farm in Wassenaar, South Holland, soon became aware of the difficult conditions Susanna was living under. He had already refused to sign the declaration of loyalty and devoted most of his time to underground activities, often traveling to rural areas in the eastern part of Holland in search of new hiding places for Jews and other fugitives. Towards the end of September 1942, Henk got a good false identity card for Susanna, prepared by his friend and fellow student Han Baudet, and accompanied her to Wassenaar, where she was welcomed on the farm. However, about six months later, it became clear that too many people knew of her presence in Wassenaar and she had to be moved. Henk escorted Susanna to the Schakel* family in Helenaveen, North Brabant. Before the journey, Baudet changed one number on her identity card as a precaution, because the Germans had a list of all the cards that had been reported as lost. In the meantime, Henk had also found hiding places for the other members of the De Wied family, as well as for others. Henk had provided 20-year-old Ronnie Meerts–de Leeuw with food coupons, money, messages from her family, and a new hideout when she was forced to relocate. In January 1943, Henk brought 17-year-old David de Wied to his farm, where he remained until the end of the war. David had a special hideout in the house where he stayed whenever there were rumors of imminent searches. He was occasionally obliged to leave the farm temporarily but Henk always brought him back after the danger had passed. Henk was motivated by his belief that justice had to prevail. After some time, his involvement with the underground made him suspect in the eyes of the German authorities and he was forced to go into hiding. On March 28, 1990, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Binnendijk as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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