Elisabeth Jacoba Feith
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Hermen Marinus Feith | |
| Moeder: | Carolina Marianna Akkerman | |
| Geboren: | 6 MRT 1898 | Utrecht |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Fabriek First Name: Elisabeth Maiden Name: Feith Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: PROTESTANT Gender: Female Place during the war: Brunssum, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Brunssum, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/9138) Henriette Stoppels, a little girl of eight, was walking with her parents and her two sisters on the streets of Amsterdam in July 1943, when they were arrested and taken to the Hollandsche Schouwburg assembly point for Jews in Amsterdam. The family was originally from Venlo (Limburg). Opposite the Schouwburg was the Crèche, the deportation holding area for Jewish children, from which many were smuggled to hiding places by members of secret rescue groups. Henriette Stoppels and her sisters were among these. One of the members of the Amsterdam resistance group, Naamloze Vennootschap (NV), spirited them out on July 20, 1943 and took them to Brunssum (Limburg), in the south of Holland, while the parents were deported to Sobibór death camp. In Brunssum, Henriette found shelter with Johannes and Elisabeth Fabriek, a childless Protestant couple, originally from Friesland in the north, but now living in a predominantly Catholic area. The Fabrieks received no financial assistance for sheltering the little girl, only food coupons distributed by an underground organization. Johannes Fabriek had attained a very respectable position as an accountant in the Mine Workers Union. He and his wife were observant churchgoers, but did not impose their beliefs on their young charge. While the war was raging, Henriette could not go to school and her foster father tried his best to keep up her studies by teaching her at home. The Dutch police was on Henriette's tracks several times, no doubt tipped off by neighbors or acquaintances; each time, Elisabeth Fabriek hid in the woods with her charge, saving her life. They simply loved their foster daughter and, when her parents did not return from the camps, they remained her legal guardians. Her relations with her foster parents remained very close until their death. The two other sisters also survived thanks to the underground group's rescue efforts. On November 1, 2000, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes Fabriek and Elisabeth Fabriek-Feith as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Johannes Fabriek | geb. 8 MEI 1894 |
| Huwelijk: | 20 Juli 1922 | Utrecht |