Barbara Elizabeth Zwaan
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Andries Zwaan | |
| Moeder: | Johanna Maartje Hagendijk | |
| Geboren: | 19 Jan 1917 | Scheemda |
| Overleden: | 23 MRT 1968 | Voorburg |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Hof First Name: Barbara Elizabeth Maiden Name: Zwaan Date of Birth: 19/01/1917 Date of death: 25/03/1968 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5104) Edward Hof was born in Amsterdam and had many Jewish friends and acquaintances. In 1942, a former school friend, Paul Stibbe, and his wife, Selma de Raay, turned to Edward for help. Edward met with Selma in a field outside Rotterdam. He accompanied her by train to The Hague and then to the city of Utrecht to a hiding place. When the hiding place became unsafe, Edward found them another one in Eindhoven and later, after much wandering, in Sassenheim, South Holland, with bulb growers. At that time Edward got married, and on the day that he and his new wife returned from their honeymoon, they found the Stibbes on their doorstep, asking for shelter. Apart from a few short stays elsewhere, the Stibbes stayed with Edward and Barbara until three months before the liberation, when Edward arranged for them to stay at his physician's office. He found illegal ways to feed them since they had no ration cards. In 1944, during one of the periods when the Stibbes were elsewhere, the Hofs took in M. B. Cohen-Pareira, who was brought by Martha Ottens from Utrecht when the Germans began to suspect Martha and she was forced to flee with her charge. The only place she could think of was the Hofs, who constructed a special hiding place for them. On January 29, 1992, Yad Vashem recognized Edward Hof and his wife, Barbara Hof-Zwaan, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Edward Alexander Hof | geb. 11 Juni 1914 overl. 24 Juli 2001 |
| Huwelijk: | 1943 | Voorburg |