Bernard Hartemink

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Berend Hartemink
Moeder:	Aleida Johanna Houwers
Geboren:	13 MRT 1890	Wisch
Religie:		Geref.
Beroep:		landbouwer
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Hartemink First Name: Bernard Date of Birth: 13/04/1890 Date of death: 07/06/1975 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Sinderen, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Sinderen, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5528) In early 1943, an underground worker escorted Kaete Gruenbaum and her daughter Susie by bicycle to Nieuw Bos Hengeveld, a farm in Sinderen, Gelderland, owned by Bernard and Mina Hartemink. The fugitives arrived at their destination one evening during a heavy downpour. They were taken straight into the kitchen of Bernard and Mina’s home, where they were introduced to their hosts and their seven children. The two youngest children, not quite teenagers, were not told that the Jews were being hidden in their home. Kaete told her hosts, who were not wealthy, that she would pay them for their hospitality for as long as her funds lasted, and the Harteminks accepted this arrangement. Initially, Susie and her mother were hidden under the floorboards in the attic, but they were later moved to a space behind a wooden wall that measured approximately five feet by six feet. It was dark in the hideaway and light could only enter if the lid was opened, which could only be done when the youngest children were out of the house. Food and other necessities were brought to the mother and daughter by 19-year-old Leida Hartemink (later Migchelbrink*), in whose room the hideout was built. When Susie contracted rheumatic fever, Gerrit, Leida’s elder brother, obtained medications for her and also brought her father, Max Gruenbaum, from his nearby hideout on the Jolink* family farm, so that he could visit his sick daughter. During the two years that Kaete and Susie were hidden with the Harteminks, they were taken outside only once, during the summer when the wheat was high and the situation was considered safe. As the war progressed, the situation became increasingly difficult. Hungry people flocked to the rural areas from the cities in search of food. The Harteminks nevertheless did not make the Gruenbaums feel like they were a burden. Kaete and Susie stayed with the Harteminks from April 1943 until April 1, 1945. Towards the end of the war, Max Gruenbaum was forced to leave the Jolinks’ farm. After the Germans retreated and it was considered safe for the Grunbaums to return home, the Harteminks loaded their wagon with ample food supplies and took their wartime charges back to Dinxperlo. During the war, the Harteminks also hid two young non-Jewish men who were evading forced labor in Germany. The Harteminks were motivated to help persecuted people by their religious beliefs and a genuine desire to help the oppressed. On March 18, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Bernard Hartemink, his wife, Mina Hartemink-Groot Nibbelink, and their son, Gerrit Hartemink, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Mina Groot Nibbelink	geb. 1 Juni 1892 overl. 17 Nov 1958
Huwelijk:	20 MEI 1920	Wisch
Kinderen:
	Bernard Hartemink	geb. 6 MEI 1921
	Gerrit Jan Hartemink	geb. 16 Aug 1922