Global InformationHendrika Gerritsen information
Hendrika Gerritsen | |
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| Born | Hendrika Jacoba Heinsius 12 April 1921 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 27 December 1990 (aged 69) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Other names | Kiky Gerritsen-Heinsius |
| Occupation | Dutch Resistance Fighter |
| Title | Righteous Among the Nations |
| Spouse | Piet Gerritsen |
Hendrika Jacoba "Kiky" Gerritsen-Heinsius (12 April 1921 – 27 December 1990) was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations on 15 September 1989, and was also awarded the Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross) by the Dutch government.[1][2]
A member of the Dutch Resistance who actively helped Dutch men and women escape Nazi persecution, she survived imprisonment at three Nazi concentration camps – Herzogenbusch (Vught) in the Netherlands and Ravensbrück and Dachau in Germany, as well as the harsh working conditions of the Munich-Giesing satellite camp known as Agfa-Commando, becoming one of those liberated from Dachau at the end of April, 1945.[3][4]
She was known to family and friends as "Kiky".[5]
- ^ Gerritsen, Hendrika Jacoba (Heinsius), in The Righteous Among the Nations. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, retrieved online 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Familieberichten" [Family notices]. Het Parool. 28 December 1990. Retrieved 13 April 2018 – via Delpher.
- ^ Righteous, Yad Vashem.
- ^ Morse, Steven and Peter Landé. Dachau Concentration Camp Records (online database): Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Hendrika Jacoba Gerritsen-Heinsius, Familieberichten, Het Parool.