Gerredina Krook
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Jacob Krook | |
| Moeder: | Geertruida Elisabeth van Amersfoort | |
| Geboren: | 23 Juli 1915 | Leiderdorp |
| Overleden: | 22 Feb 2006 | Veghel |
| Religie: | Ger. Kerk | |
| Beroep: | vroedvrouw | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Geradts First Name: Gerardina Maiden Name: Krook Date of Birth: 23/07/1915 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: MIDWIFE Place during the war: The Hague, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: The Hague, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4109) Wolf Dormits, his wife Marianna and their teenage daughters, Selma and Heintje, had been apprehended a number of times but had always been released afterward. Wolf had been the head of meat distribution in The Hague and in this capacity he was given preferential treatment. However, by the end of 1942 Wolf made contact with a police inspector active in the underground, who had already found a hiding place for Wolfs aunt and uncle with Johannes and Gerridina Geradts. He informed Wolf that they were willing to provide his family with refuge, too. In December 1942, the Dormits family arrived at the Geradtses small house in The Hague. The Geradtses were a young couple; Gerridina was a midwife. They hid the fugitives, four adults and two children, in a little service area that was adjacent to the kitchen, at the back of the house. In the evenings, the fugitives came out of their hideout and into the house. An extra bell was installed by the front door to warn them when they were in the back rooms of the house that visitors were on their way. The underground supplied the Geradtses with extra food coupons and managed to provide meat from Wolfs former associates in the meat trade. In March 1943 both the families in hiding were discovered. Dutch policemen raided the house and arrested everybody. Johannes was taken to the Vught internment camp, where he remained for one year. He suffered physically from the hard labor he was forced to do there. Wolfs aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. van Vollenhoven were transported to Auschwitz and did not return. Wolf and Marianna Dormits and their daughters were transported to Theresienstadt and later exchanged for medicine and brought to Switzerland. They returned to Holland after the war and have stayed in touch with the Geradtses thereafter. On May 18, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes Petrus Geradts and his wife, Gerridina Geradts-Krook, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Johannes Petrus Geradts | geb. 16 Sept 1910 overl. 6 Feb 1987 |
| Huwelijk: | 5 Juni 1940 | Den Haag |