Hendrikus Lambertus Theodorus Fokker
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Cornelis Fokker | |
| Moeder: | Johanna Verver | |
| Geboren: | 16 MEI 1897 | Bussum |
| Overleden: | 9 Dec 1980 | Bussum |
| Beroep: | winkelier | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Fokker First Name: Hendrik Lambertus Theodorus Date of Birth: 16/05/1897 Date of death: 11/09/1984 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Bussum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Bussum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/11331) Jack Chapon was born in Amsterdam on December 26, 1942, while deportations of the Jews of the Netherlands to the camps in the East were already fully under way. Thus his parents decided to immediately find a hiding place for the baby, so that they would not need to take him with them. They turned to friends and were referred to one family that could not deal with the daily stress that would be involved in taking care of a baby while nobody nearby was to know about this. Jack was subsequently picked up, and, through contacts with a brother of Florida Fokker, brought to her family in Bussum (prov. North-Holland), in the beginning of 1943. Jacks mother succeeded in finding a hiding place for herself as well. Hendrik and Florida Fokker, both in their thirties, had two sons, Cor and Adriaan, born in 1927 and 1930. Jack was presented as their own son as he had a dark complexion, similar to Hendriks. They called him Wim, and treated him as their own in all respects. When Wim started to talk, he called Hendrik and Florida papa and mama, just as the other children did. Later on during the war a baby girl was born into the Fokker family, called Frieda. Jack, now Wim, stayed with the Fokkers until the liberation of the area in May 1945. It turned out that his mother had survived, but it took some time until she was able to fully take care of him. During this period, Florida made numerous pictures of the, by then, little boy, in order to show his own mother the childs development. The eventual separation from the Fokkers was a difficult one for Jack, as the Fokkers were the only family he had ever known. During the following years, Jack returned often to the Fokkers, whom he always considered as their own natural child. On May 4, 2008, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Fokker and Florida Fokker-Kruiswijk as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Florida Kruiswijk | geb. 28 Aug 1906 overl. 1 Sept 1984 |
| Huwelijk: | 10 Juni 1925 | Naarden |