Hendrik Albert Jan Hietink
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Jacobus Cornelis Hietink | |
| Moeder: | Anna Elisabeth Lammerink | |
| Geboren: | 8 Apr 1893 | Meester Cornelis |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd, geen | |
| Beroep: | assistent Technische Hooge School | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Hietink First Name: Hendrik Albert Jan Date of Birth: 08/04/1893 Date of death: 01/07/1984 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: TEXTILE ENGINEER Place during the war: Driebergen, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Driebergen, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1957) Sometime in May or June 1943, Fia Josephina Melkman (later Einhorn), a ten-month-old baby, was taken to Driebergen, Utrecht, by members of the Resistance to stay with Hendrik Hietink, a textile engineer, and his wife Regina, parents of four adult children, all of whom were Resistance activists. Fia was supposed to be moved to another hiding place, but one of the Hietinks' daughters felt that the second address was inappropriate for an infant, so the Hietinks took her back. Fia remembers that the Hietinks treated her as if she were their own child, singing her songs and reading her bedtime stories. The cover story was that Fia was Regina's niece whose mother had died and whose father was a sailor who could not take care of his daughter. There was no financial arrangement between the Hietinks and Fia's parents. Fia said: "They really took a big risk because of Hendrik's position as the local Resistance leader and the secret documents involved." During the war, the Hietinks also saved other Jews, all out of their sense of duty towards their fellow man. After the liberation, Fia's widowed father, Marcus Melkman, and her elder sister and cousin, who survived Bergen-Belsen, came to collect her. Hendrik and Regina suggested that they keep her for another year until her father was settled in Amsterdam. Then her loving foster mother provided Marcus with detailed instruction on how to look after his little girl. The Melkmans and the Hietinks kept in close touch and Fia happily spent holidays with her foster family, who saw her as a daughter and granddaughter. On December 25, 1980, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Hietink Albert Jan and his wife, Regina Hietink Bakhuizen van den Brink, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Regina Bakhuizen van den Brink | geb. 12 Juli 1895 |
| Huwelijk: | 14 Aug 1917 | Rijswijk |
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Anna Cornelia Hietink
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geb. 12 MRT 1919 | |