Frans van der Heide
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Hendrik van der Heide | |
| Moeder: | Pietje van Dijk | |
| Geboren: | 25 MEI 1896 | Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel |
| Overleden: | 21 Sept 1971 | |
| Beroep: | arbeider | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Heide van der First Name: Frans Hendrik Date of Birth: 25/05/1896 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: SUPERVISOR Organization/ Religious order: Utrechts Kindercomite Place during the war: Ferwerd, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Ferwerd, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2194) Robert Jaap Meijer was born in Amsterdam on September 15, 1933. In June 1943, Resistance member "Tante Liesje" escorted him to several different hiding places and eventually he arrived at the home of Frans and Antje van der Heide, in Ferwerd, Friesland, where he was received with open arms, under the name Robbie van Zijl. The area the van der Heides lived in was quite remote and Frans worked as a supervisor of the rural area. Their house was small, surrounded by a ditch, and not connected to the electricity network, the telephone system, or running water. The van der Heides, a religious couple with three daughters, welcomed nine-year-old Robbie into their home and treated him like a son. To explain his presence there, the family told people that he was a refugee from the western part of the country. The Germans shot the fiancé of one of the van der Heides' daughters while he was removing arms from a downed British plane in January 1944. Simultaneously, German patrols were increasing their presence in the area. These developments prompted the van der Heides to seek a better hiding place for Robbie. He was initially moved to the Hiemstra* family in Ternaard and then to the Hoekstras* in Engwierum. Frans remained in touch with Robbie throughout this period and regularly went to visit him by bicycle and check on his well-being. Robbie has never forgotten the altruism and lovingkindness of Frans and Antje. They remained close even after the war. On March 1, 1944, the van der Heides agreed to hide another Jewish child, Salomon Roos, born in Amsterdam on August 5, 1939. A student at the Utrechts Kindercomité (Utrecht Children's Committee*), known as Ms. Los, brought Salomon to the van der Heides. While sheltered there, a letter from Salomon's mother was read each day together with the daily Bible reading to remind him of his real parents. Salomon spent most days with the cows or in a hideaway. He remained with the van der Heides until June 5, 1945, when his parents, who had survived the war, took him back. On January 28, 1982, Yad Vashem recognized Frans Hendrik van der Heide and his wife, Antje van der Heide-Buursma, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Antje Buursma | geb. 10 Juli 1895 overl. 13 MEI 1970 |
| Huwelijk: | 12 MEI 1920 | Ferwerderadeel |