Rachel Alida Bleekrode
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Hartog Bleekrode | |
| Moeder: | Berendina Alida Meeuwig | |
| Geboren: | 6 MEI 1904 | Amsterdam |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Horst van den First Name: Chell Maiden Name: Bleekrode Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Groenekan, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Groenekan, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1096) Hennie van den Horst, a musician, was earning a decent living working for the Hilversum Radio Orchestra. He lived in Groenekan, Utrecht, with his wife, Chell, who was half-Jewish, and their three children. In the summer of 1942, when Jews were being rounded up and deported, Hennie and Chell felt they could not stand by idly and watch these atrocities take place. Consequently, they invited Henri and Belia (later Mordechai and Bilha) Lindeman of Utrecht and their two daughters, Rivka and Roza (later Shoshana), aged six and three, respectively, to take refuge in their home. In December 1942, the house searches for Jews intensified, and the van den Horsts home was no longer safe. Henri and Belia were relocated to the Ginsel* family, Rivka was moved to another address, and Roza stayed with the van den Horsts until the end of the war. Even after the war, when Roza immigrated to Israel, she stayed in touch with Hennie and Chell. During the war, Hennie and Chell also hid an eight-month-old infant, whom they named Joep. After the war, no one from his family returned to fetch him and he consequently remained with the van den Horsts and grew up as a member of their family. Hennie and Chell also sheltered Chells sister, who was married to a Jew, and her five-year-old son. His parents were both discovered and perished in concentration camps, and he too grew up with the van den Horst family. Even though their means were modest, throughout the war Hennie and Chells home was always open to people in need of a safe haven. They never requested payment because they were acting purely out of human compassion. On September 21, 1976, Yad Vashem recognized Hennie van den Horst and his wife, Chell van den Horst-Bleekrode, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Hendrik van der Horst | geb. 10 Feb 1904 |
| Huwelijk: | 17 Juni 1926 | Amsterdam |