Jan Groot Obbink

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Garrit Jan Groot Obbink
Moeder:	Anna Grada Woestenenk
Geboren:	24 MRT 1877	Nettelhorst, Lochem
Overleden:	16 Aug 1952
Beroep:		landbouwer
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Groot Obbink First Name: Jan Date of Birth: 24/03/1877 Date of death: 16/09/1962 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: FARMER Place during the war: Eibergen, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Eibergen, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3398) During the three years that Ruth and Bert Kats hid with the Huisman* and Koning* families they were forced to move twice when the danger became too great. The second time, they went to stay with Jan and Janna Groot Obbink and their two adult children, Gerritjen (later Bieleman) and Gerrit, in their big farmhouse in Eibergen, Gelderland. It was Gerritjen who took care of the two young refugees, but the whole family treated them warmly and they moved freely around the house. Jan, Janna, and their children considered it their moral duty to rescue those being persecuted, and they did not receive any payment. On April 8, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Groot Obbink, his wife, Janna Groot Obbink-Boom, and their son, Gerrit Jan Groot Obbink, and their daughter, Anna Gerritjen Bieleman-Groot Obbink, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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