Harm Broenink

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Jan Broenink
Moeder:	Woltertje Drost
Geboren:	3 Sept 1889	Koekange
Overleden:	13 Dec 1957	Avereest
Beroep:		timmerman
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Broenink First Name: Harm Date of Birth: 07/05/1916 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Nieuwlande, Drenthe, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Nieuwlande, Drenthe, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1148) During the war, Harm and Aaltje Broenink saved Jews from persecution in Nieuwlande, Drenthe. This information is based on the testimony of Arnold Douwes*, the initiator and indefatigable organizer of the project for hiding Jews in the area, and Nico (Max Léons), a young Jew from Voorburg, South Holland, who was his faithful assistant. Between 1943 and 1945, Douwes kept a diary in which he mentioned Harm and Aaltje among the people who helped hide Jews. On June 9, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Harm Broenink and his wife, Aaltje Broenink-Strijker, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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