Margaretha Barbara Karrer
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| Geboren: | 11 Jan 1906 | Neurenberg, Duitsland |
| Overleden: | 8 Sept 1972 | Sassenheim doen |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Haverkort First Name: Margaretha Maiden Name: Karrer Date of Birth: 11/01/1906 Date of death: 08/09/1972 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: CATHOLIC Gender: Female Place during the war: Sassenheim, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Sassenheim, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/10463) With the start of the deportation of the Jews to the death camps in the summer of 1942, Albertus Haverkort, b.1904, who was actively opposed to the Nazi regime, decided to put all his efforts into finding hiding places for them. In addition, he and his wife, Margaretha, b.1906, also hid some 6 Jews in their own modest home in Sassenheim (prov. South-Holland), where they lived with their five young children. The oldest was only eleven years old. The family was devout Roman Catholic. Among the Jews in hiding with the Haverkorts were Jo Karp as well as Ida and Abraham Faerber. Three of the four grown Faerber daughters had been sent to Palestine before the war, and the last one was elsewhere in hiding. Even though the conditions were difficult with so many in a small house, the Haverkorts shared the little they had with all and were able to keep a good atmosphere in the home. On June 14, 1943, Albertus was arrested in a neighboring village after being betrayed. He was taken to the Vught (Herzogenbusch) concentration camp in the southern part of the country, where he was brutally interrogated. Just before the expected house search, the Jews were taken out of the Haverkorts' home by underground activists, friends of Albertus, and placed at alternative hiding addresses. The Faerbers, for whom no permanent place could be found, soon returned to Margaretha Haverkort who now had the sole responsibility for the household. While realizing the increased danger, she agreed to take them back. On August 30, 1944, just before the arrival of the Allied forces, Albertus Haverkort was executed in Vught. The Faerbers stayed on with Margaretha until the liberation of the town in May 1945. Their daughter Alice, who had been betrayed in her hiding place, found them at Margaretha's after her return from the camps. Soon after the war, both Faerbers passed away and Alice immigrated to Israel. Contact with the Haverkorts was interrupted. However, the Faerbers planted trees for the Haverkorts in Israel in the late forties as a token of thanks for their courage. Some years ago, one of the Haverkort children found the tree certificate in his parents' home. With the help of a local Jewish acquaintance, he located the Faerber daughters in Israel, and contact was renewed. On January 2, 2005, Yad Vashem recognized Albertus Johannes Antonius Haverkort and Margaretha Haverkort-Karrer, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Albertus Johannes Antonius Haverkort | geb. 19 Apr 1904 overl. 30 Aug 1944 |
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