Albartus Grimm

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Karel Hendrikus Grimm
Moeder: Gerritje van Dijken
Geboren: 18 Aug 1900 Herveld
Overleden: 17 Sept 1975 Herveld
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Grimm
First Name: Albartus
Date of Birth: 18/08/1900
Date of death: 17/09/1975
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: BRICKLAYER
Place during the war: Zetten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Zetten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/921)
Willem Frederick van Eck and Jacob Cohen had been good friends since childhood. In 1942, when the situation of the Jews was becoming increasingly perilous, Willem became concerned about Jacob’s well-being. He contacted an acquaintance of his, Albartus Grimm, and asked him to shelter Jacob. Willem knew that Albartus, a bricklayer who lived in a remote dwelling near Zetten, Gelderland, with his wife, Grietje, and their 16-year-old daughter, Gerritje (Gerda, later Veldman), would unhesitatingly help people without accepting payment. Jacob soon moved in to the Grimms’ home. The relations between Jacob and the Grimm family were excellent. Young Gerda understood the circumstances and never spoke about Jacob’s presence in her house to strangers. Albartus built a wall parallel to an existing wall, with space in between and a concealed entrance. Jacob---and during the course of the war another refugee as well---slept in this hideout. Albartus was determined to ensure Jacob’s safety, without ever discussing financial reimbursement with him. In order to mislead the Germans, Grimm participated in Dutch National Socialist activities and pretended to be a Nazi sympathizer. After the liberation, when the Resistance came to arrest him, they were amazed to discover that he was in fact hiding two people. After the war, Jacob offered the Grimms compensation to cover his living expenses for the period between July 1942 and September 1944. Albartus only accepted a fraction of it, saying that he did not wish to profit from saving Jacob from a terrible fate.
On December 19, 1974, Yad Vashem recognized Albartus Grimm, his wife, Grietje Grimm-van de Bijl, and their daughter, Gerritje Veldman-Grimm, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Grietje van de Bijl geb. 24 Jan 1904 overl. 25 Juni 1973
Huwelijk: 5 Nov 1925 Kesteren
Kinderen:
  Gerritje Grimm Male geb. 8 Sept 1927 overl. 14 Apr 1990