Maria Theodora van Bakel

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Johannes van Bakel
Moeder: Johanna Koolen
Geboren: 23 Jan 1913 Deurne
Overleden: 7 MEI 1966 Deurne
Religie: Rooms Katholiek
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Goossens
First Name: Theodora
Maiden Name: Verbakel
Alias: DORA
Date of Birth: 23/01/1913
Date of death: 08/05/1966
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Profession: FARMERS WIFE
Place during the war: Liessel, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Liessel, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/6322)
Flora Hamburg (later Langer) lived at her parents' home until September 30, 1942, when she found a job in a Jewish children's institution, first in Laren, North Holland, and later in Amsterdam. Her work meant that she was exempt from deportation until the spring of 1943. Her parents, meanwhile, were deported to Auschwitz were they were murdered in the gas chambers. A Jewish couple, active in the underground, offered to find Flora a hiding place when her exemption expired. On May 1, 1943, a woman took Flora by train to the Goossens family, who lived on a farm in the village of Liessel, North Brabant. Frans and Theodora (Dora) Goossens had seven children, aged one to nine. Despite the fact that they were very poor, they refused to take any money from Flora, who worked on the farm and around the house. She lived under an assumed identity, but had to be taken elsewhere when there were German soldiers in the area. She remained with the Goossenses until the area was liberated in October 1944. Frans and Dora also sheltered other Jewish refugees, who were hidden in a large dugout in the farmyard, which was equipped with basic facilities. Most of these fugitives stayed only until a more permanent address could be found. Two of them, however, stayed for a longer period of time: Mel Granaat and Lou, two young men whom Dora supplied with food every evening.
On November 2, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Frans Goossens and his wife, Theodora Goossens-Verbakel, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Franciscus Goossens geb. 14 Apr 1909 overl. 6 Apr 1996
Huwelijk: 29 Apr 1933 Deurne
Kinderen:
  Petrus Johannes Goossens Female geb. 26 MEI 1934
  Elisabeth Maria Goossens Female geb. 5 MEI 1958
  Gerardus Marinus Goossens Female geb. 1 OKT 1951
  Johannes Theodorus Goossens Female geb. 19 OKT 1937
  Johannes Jacobus Goossens Female geb. 12 Aug 1935
  Maria Elisabeth Goossens Female geb. 14 Sept 1936
  Johanna Maria Goossens Female geb. 10 Dec 1938
  Henricus Franciscus Goossens Female geb. 15 Apr 1940
  Wilhelmus Goossens Female geb. 12 Aug 1942
  Wilhelmus Cornelius Goossens Female geb. 25 Dec 1945
  Cornelius Josephus Goossens Female geb. 18 Feb 1947
  Franciscus Fidelius Goossens Female geb. 24 Apr 1950
  Maria Theodora Goossens Female geb. 12 Feb 1953
  Francina Josephina Goossens Female geb. 15 Apr 1954