Trijntje de Graaf
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Lieuwe Jacobs de Graaf | |
| Moeder: | Klaaske Boerke | |
| Geboren: | 20 Jan 1892 | Enkhuizen |
| Overleden: | 5 Aug 1969 | Amsterdam |
| Religie: | Doopsgezind | |
| Beroep: | pianolerares | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Hart Nibbrig First Name: Trijntje Maiden Name: Graaf de Date of Birth: 20/01/1892 Date of death: 05/08/1969 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: PIANO TEACHER Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5310) Leo Hoost, born in 1922, lived with his parents in south Amsterdam. His father was a diamond polisher who had succeeded in postponing the deportation of his family by bribing German soldiers with diamonds. However, when the situation became too dangerous, Leo was forced to go into hiding. He had been studying at the Amsterdam Conservatory since the age of 14. Trijntje Hart Nibbrig-de Graaf, a divorcee with no children, was a piano teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory. She hid Leo in her apartment in south Amsterdam from February 1943 until the liberation in May 1945. While Leo was in hiding, his parents were deported, in early 1944: his father was murdered in Oranienburg and his mother, along with 7,000 other women, was released from a concentration camp as a result of the intervention of Count Bernadotte in 1945. Trijntje cared for Leo as if he were her own son. She also continued to give him piano lessons. When Trijntje had other students in her home for lessons, Leo hid in a specially prepared section of the apartment. No one knew that Trijntje was hiding someone, and consequently Leo could not leave the confines of the apartment or even go near the windows. Once, in 1944, there was a large-scale razzia near the apartment. Trijntje could see an SS officer stationed on a nearby bridge registering each Jew as he was picked for deportation, and feared for Leo. By asking a soldier when she would be allowed to cross the bridge in order to visit her sick sister, she learned that her street was not due to be searched. After the war, due to her internment in concentration camps, Leos mother was emotionally and physically incapable of living with her son. Leo therefore remained with Trijntje until 1955 and she continued to help him realize his ambition to start a career as a piano teacher. On June 3, 1992, Yad Vashem recognized Trijntje Nibbrig Hart-de Graaf as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Abraham Hart Nibbrig | geb. 8 Juli 1899 |
| Huwelijk: | 1 Aug 1923 | Amsterdam |
| Scheiding: | 2 Apr 1936 | Amsterdam |