Huibert Adriaan Everaars
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Adriaan Marinus Everaars | |
| Moeder: | Jeannette Catharina Sporry | |
| Geboren: | 18 Apr 1925 | Arnhem |
| Overleden: | 27 Apr 2010 | Arnhem |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Everaars First Name: Huibert Adriaan Date of Birth: 18/04/1925 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Arnheim, Gelderland, The Netherlands ; Vught, Camp Rescue Place: Arnheim, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/853) In 1938, 15-year-old Fred Clipper fled from Austria and found shelter in a home for refugee children in Arnhem. While staying there he worked as an apprentice confectioner with Adrian Everaars, later a painter. During the war, the Germans announced that all the children sheltered in the home were going to be deported to Westerbork. When Fred went to say goodbye to the Everaars family, Adrian and Jeanette, her sister, Jacoba Sporry, and their children, Huibert (aged 17), Johannes (16), and Jeanette (14), all invited him to go into hiding in their home to avoid deportation. Fred accepted and was amazed to discover that the family whom he had been visiting daily was already hiding people, the Frank family. In the Everaarses' home, the bedrooms were on the third floor and the lounge on the second, above the shop. On many occasions, friends or neighbors would come up for a chat with Jeanette or her sister. The Everaarses devised a warning system whereby Jeanette, who was working in the shop, would ring a bell to warn the fugitives to vacate the living room and move to the sitting room, where guests never entered. The resistance movement, with which the Everaarses were associated, provided forged identity cards and also forged or stolen food stamps. After Fred had been staying with the Everaarses for about a year, the Gestapo raided the house. Adrian was sent to Vught, where he remained until just before the end of the war and sustained permanent damage to his health. The Franks were deported to Sobibor where they were murdered. Jeanette managed to destroy or hide any forged papers in her possession and consequently it was believed that she had not been involved in the Resistance. She remained in Arnhem with her family, where she continued to save lives until she was eventually evacuated from her home during the Battle of Arnhem. Fred was sent to Westerbork and, a year later, became eligible for a Red Cross exchange program because his parents were living in England. Fred was taken to the Austauschlager (exchange camp) in Bergen-Belsen. Soon after his arrival there, an exchange transport left, but Fred was not on it. This turned out to be the last one. In early 1945, Fred was sent to Theresienstadt. On the way there, in Tröbitz, the Russians liberated him. After the war, Fred hastened back to Arnhem in search of the Everaars family. They welcomed him warmly and he moved back into their home. In 1948, he immigrated to America with his parents. On April 28, 1974, Yad Vashem recognized Adriaan Marinus Everaars, his wife, Jeanette Catharina Everaars-Sporry, their children, Huibert Adriaan Everaars, Johannes Hendrikus Everaars, and Jeanette Catharina Everaars, and their aunt, Jacoba Maria Sporry, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Janna Phielix | geb. 15 MEI 1927 |
| Huwelijk: | XXXX | onbekend |