Theodora Johanna Christina Hoeijmakers

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Joannes Hendrikus Hoeijmakers
Moeder: Maria Elisabeth Coumans
Geboren: 1925
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Hoeymakers
First Name: Theodora Johanna Christina
Date of Birth: 01/01/1925
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
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.