Petrus Johannes Heijmans
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Augustus Heijmans | |
| Moeder: | Anna Catharina Bosschaert | |
| Geboren: | 27 OKT 1891 | Clinge |
| Beroep: | werkman | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Heymans First Name: Petrus Johannes Alias: PIET Date of Birth: 27/10/1891 Date of death: 01/06/1987 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: CITY OFFICIAL Place during the war: Bussum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Bussum, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1340) In June 1942, Betty van Essen was living in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam. In 1941, her brother had been taken to Mauthausen, where he died. Betty was 18 years old at the time and her family was not well off. She decided to go into hiding and hid at several addresses before arriving at the home of the Heymans family in Bussum, North Holland, in September 1942. By the time she arrived at the Heymanses, Betty was already in possession of false papers and everyone was told that she was a poor relative with divorced parents who had been sent to live with her aunt. Petrus (Piet) Heymans worked for the sanitation department of the municipality of Bussum. He was also active in the Resistance. Het had agreed to hide Jews only if they were too poor to pay. During the time she was hiding with them, there were no other Jews there. Piet and Griet treated Betty like a daughter and Betty developed a particularly good relationship with Piet. She admired him and they often discussed philosophical questions. Piet found work for Betty as a cleaning woman in the village, thus giving her something to do to help her pass the time. Three months before the end of the war, when the food shortage in the Netherlands had become critical, Piet decided to go out and search for food in the farming areas in the east of the country. Betty accompanied him and on one of these trips she decided to remain in the east in order to stop being a burden on the Heymanses. She found a farming family willing to hide her. After the liberation, when it became known that Bettys parents had perished, Piet rode on his bicycle to pick Betty up and bring her back to Bussum. After the war they remained in close contact, often visiting each other. On May 31, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Petrus Johannes Heymans and his wife, Griet Heymans-Vink, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Giertje Vink | geb. 2 Juni 1895 overl. 26 OKT 1950 |
| Huwelijk: | 8 OKT 1913 | Amsterdam |