Maria Elisabeth Coumans

Geslacht:	Vrouw
Vader:	Gerard Coumans
Moeder:	Joanna Maria Janssen
Geboren:	7 MRT 1889	Sevenum
Overleden:	22 Aug 1965	Horst
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Hoeymakers First Name: Maria Elisabeth Maiden Name: Coumans Date of Birth: 07/03/1889 Date of death: 22/08/1965 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: FARMERS WIFE Place during the war: Sevenum, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Sevenum, Limburg, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2497) Karl and Bertha Winter and their two daughters, Miriam and Ruth, German Jews, fled to Holland before the war. The elder daughter, Miriam, went into hiding in 1942, and at a later date the rest of the family decided to seek shelter. They were living in Venlo, Limburg, and so they were put in contact with Piet Arts*, who was active in the local underground. Piet provided them all with safe addresses in Sevenum-Helenaveen, and the family moved around this small area, sometimes together, sometimes separated. In the fall of 1944, the fighting came to Limburg. Sevenum suffered greatly from bombings, raids, and looting soldiers. A large number of local men aged between 16 and 60 were taken to Germany for forced labor. Some were exempted and others managed to evade it by going into hiding. Until this time, Karl and his wife were hiding with the Willemsens*, but the severity of the situation forced them to leave. Through Ann Smits, a girl Miriam had become friendly with, she found a shelter for Karl with the Hoeymakers, a wealthy farming family who agreed to hide Karl at no charge, despite the fact that they were simultaneously billeting German soldiers in their residence. The Hoeymakers family hid Karl and some non-Jewish fugitives in the barn, behind a haystack, where a small window offered them some daylight. Karl stayed there for only a short time before moving to another address in Sevenum. On February 10, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Joannes Hendrikus Hoeymakers, his wife, Maria Elisabeth Hoeymakers-Coumans, and their children, Catherina Christina Petronella Hoeymakers, Theodora Johanna Christina Hoeymakers, Peter Jan Hoeymakers, and Jan Hubertus Hoeymakers, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Joannes Hendrikus Hoeijmakers	geb. 23 Sept 1882
Huwelijk:	21 Sept 1922	Sevenum
Kinderen:
	Catherina Christina Petronella Hoeijmakers	geb. 1919
	Theodora Johanna Christina Hoeijmakers	geb. 1925
	Peter Jan Hoeijmakers	geb. 1927
	Johanna Theodora Hoeijmakers	geb. 1929 overl. 26 Juli 1929
	Jan Hubertus Hoeijmakers	geb. 1932