Johanna Geljon

Geslacht:	Vrouw
Vader:	Pieter Geljon
Moeder:	Maatje Minnaar
Geboren:	11 Feb 1920	Middelburg
Overleden:	29 Nov 2007	Lisse
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Fijma First Name: Johanna Maiden Name: Geljon Date of Birth: 11/02/1920 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Hillegom, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Hillegom, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3154) In early 1943, Bendert and Johanna Fijma of Hillegom, South Holland, offered 21-year-old Maurits van Thijn shelter in their home. They treated him very well. In April of the same year, the contact who had arranged this and many other hideouts in the area betrayed all the Jews he had assisted. Fortunately, through the Kreeft* family, where Maurits’s fiancée, Catharina Blitz, was hiding, the Fijmas were warned and Maurits and Catharina fled to the Kranenburg* family. On March 19, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Bendert Fijma and his wife, Johanna Fijma-Geljon, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Bendert Fijma	geb. 15 Dec 1911 overl. 5 Aug 1959
Huwelijk:	5 Juni 1940	Hillegom