Hendrik Klok
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Aris Klok | |
| Moeder: | Vrouwtje Leeuw | |
| Geboren: | 1 Sept 1905 | Nieuwe Niedorp |
| Overleden: | 7 Juni 1982 | |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Beroep: | watermolenaar | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Klok First Name: Henk Date of death: 07/07/1982 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Schoorldam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Schoorldam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/8655) In February 1943, Henk and Kaatje Klok took in their first illegal guests, the Polak family---Sally, his wife Annie, and their daughter Greet Italiaander-Polak. The Klok family lived in a home with a large garden next door to their water mill, from which they derived their livelihood. The mill, called Grebmolen, was located in Schoorldam, North Holland, and was quite isolated from the nearest village of Schoorl. It was therefore an ideal place to hide people. The Kloks were a small family, with only one daughter, nine-year-old Vrouwtje, so the addition of more people to the household was quite a substantial strain. However, this did not deter the Kloks from also taking Greet's husband, Lou, and his parents, Simon and Roos Italiaander, into the shelter of their home in April 1943. All six fugitives hid in the attic of the Kloks' home, where space was very limited and the hidden people had to remain hidden from view at all times. The wards' presence was kept secret and Vrouwtje was even forbidden from telling her grandparents, with whom she had lunch every day during the midday recess. Vrouwtje harbored the secret for over two years, until the end of the war. On one occasion, in the spring of 1944, when the fugitives were making a lot of noise singing and talking at night, which was their only chance to unwind each day, Vrouwtje went to the coal shed behind the house and found three Germans standing there. She was extremely frightened but it turned out that they only wanted to borrow the boat to do some fishing and were not bothered by the noise coming from the house. All the fugitives hidden at the Grebmolen survived the war. On October 10, 1999, Yad Vashem recognized Henk Klok and his wife, Kaatje Klok-de Geus, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Catharina Aukje de Geus | geb. 16 MRT 1909 overl. 4 Aug 1972 |
| Huwelijk: | 17 Dec 1931 | Warmenhuizen |
| Kinderen: | ||
Vrouwtje Bertha Klok
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geb. 13 Juni 1933 | |