Elisabeth Maria Louise Kessler
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Geldolph Adriaan Kessler | |
| Moeder: | Elisabeth Maria Louise Stoop | |
| Geboren: | 12 Juni 1918 | Den Haag |
| Overleden: | 27 Sept 2015 | Wassenaar |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Everts First Name: Elisabeth Maria Louise Maiden Name: Kessler Date of Birth: 12/06/1918 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Wassenaar, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Wassenaar, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3465) The Speyer family, proprietors of the well-known Keyl Hotel, lived in Scheveningen, South Holland. When the Nazi persecution of the Jews began, the family considered fleeing to South America but the plan did not work out. Thus, after the grandmother was deported and the grandfather died, the parents decided that the family had to split up. First they looked for a hideout for their two children, five-year-old Rene and a three-year-old daughter. They soon learned that Jacob and Elisabeth Everts of Wassenaar were willing to shelter their children. The parents themselves fled the country, the mother, Marguerite, to Belgium and the father to England. In his account to Yad Vashem, Rene recalled the dangerous route he took from Scheveningen to Wasssenaar. He was taken in an ambulance, pretending to be seriously ill, and was accompanied by a Resistance activist. At one point, the Germans stopped the vehicle but they let it pass when they saw the sick child inside. Dr. Jacob Everts, an employee of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his wife totally devoted themselves to caring for the children during those terrible times, despite the risks involved. The children's names were changed to less Jewish-sounding ones. There was no financial arrangement between the Speyers and the Evertses. After the liberation of Holland, Mr. Speyer found his children and he rewarded their rescuers with a carload of canned food that had been purchased from the Allied forces, which Mr. Speyer had joined in England. After the war, Rene testified that he and his sister had a very warm relationship with Jacob, Elisabeth, and their seven children. On June 27, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Jacob Everts and his wife, Elisabeth Maria Louise Everts-Kessler, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Jacob Everts | geb. 21 MRT 1916 overl. 2006 |
| Huwelijk: | 18 Sept 1941 | Velsen |