Wilhelmina Geertruida Hendrika Gesina Klaasen
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Willem Jan Klaasen | |
| Moeder: | Gesina Jacoba Vennekool | |
| Geboren: | 2 OKT 1914 | Den Haag |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Faes First Name: Wilhelmina Geertruida Hendrika Gezina Maiden Name: Klaasen Date of Birth: 02/10/1914 Date of death: 11/01/1976 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Breda, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Breda, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2836) During the war, two-and-a-half-year-old Gerhard van de Rhoer, the son of Abraham and Helena, went to live with "Aunt" Willy Klaasen in Breda, North Brabant. Willy, the fiancée of Theo Faes, Jr., lived with her mother and sister and ran a private kindergarten in the downstairs part of the house. She spread the story that Gerhard's father was a prisoner of war in Germany and that his mother had suffered a nervous breakdown. About once a month, Gerhard was taken to visit "Aunt" Jo and "Uncle" Harry de Roos*, where his parents were being hidden. "Thus, we could watch him play and speak through a crack in the sliding doors," Abraham van de Rhoer wrote in his testimony to Yad Vashem. "Both Willy Klaasen and Theo Faes never failed to give Gerhard all their love and care," he continued. "We could never imagine a more ideal set of foster parents." On May 8, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Theodorus Maria Faes and his wife, Wilhelmina Geertruida Hendrika Gezina Faes-Klaasen, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Theodorus Maria Faes | geb. 22 Feb 1913 |
| Huwelijk: | 1937 | Ginneken |