Grietje van de Bijl

Geslacht:	Vrouw
Vader:	Klaas van de Bijl
Moeder:	Hendrika van Eldik
Geboren:	24 Jan 1904	Opheusden
Overleden:	25 Juni 1973	Herveld
Religie:		Ned. Hervormd
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Grimm First Name: Grietje Maiden Name: Bijl van de Date of Birth: 24/01/1904 Date of death: 25/06/1973 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female 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:	Albartus Grimm	geb. 18 Aug 1900 overl. 17 Sept 1975
Huwelijk:	5 Nov 1925	Kesteren
Kinderen:
	Gerritje Grimm	geb. 8 Sept 1927 overl. 14 Apr 1990