Johanna Wilhelmina Kruiniger

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Teunis Kruiniger
Moeder: Annaatje Tiepen
Geboren: 5 Jan 1863 Den Bosch
Overleden: 11 MRT 1927 Laren, N.-H.
Religie: Ned. Hervormd
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Grootveld
First Name: Johanna Alberdina
Date of Birth: 09/07/1887
Date of death: 31/03/1966
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Profession: NURSE
Place during the war: Soest, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Soest, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1230)
The nurse and underground activist Cornelia DePree-Horburger* was a well-known figure among Jews looking for hiding places. Cornelia would use her own money to rent rooms for Jews to hide in without any thought of profit. She had made contact with Johanna Grootveld, who lived in Soest, Utrecht, and made a living from her guesthouse, where Cornelia too rented a room. When the order banning the renting of rooms to Jews was issued, Johanna decided to close the place to the general public and hide Jews for a reasonable sum. Eleven Jews hid there from February 16, 1943, until the liberation on May 5, 1945. The mayor and the Dutch police were aware of the situation and kept quiet, warning the two women in advance when a search was expected so that the Jews could conceal themselves in hiding places in and around the house, in the garden and the yard. Among those they hid were Jaap Polak, his wife, son and daughter-in-law, her sister and her husband, the three Heymans sisters, and another woman. Johanna would not have been able to perform her heroic deeds successfully without Cornelia, who also helped obtain food for all the “guests.” The two women faced the daily risk of being betrayed and discovered. After the war, Jaap Polak kept in close touch with Johanna. Their friendship lasted many years and he was there beside her when she passed away.
On March 9, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Johanna Alberdina Grootveld as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Albertus Arie Grootveld geb. 9 Apr 1864 overl. 15 Juli 1933
Huwelijk: 17 Feb 1887 Amsterdam
Kinderen:
  Albertus Wilhelmus Grootveld Female geb. 23 OKT 1894 overl. 24 Aug 1915
  Johanna Alberdina Grootveld Female geb. 9 Juli 1887
  Barendina Margaretha Grootveld Female geb. 16 Dec 1888 overl. 1 Feb 1959
  Elisabeth Grootveld Female geb. 4 Feb 1891 overl. 8 Jan 1893
  Christiaan Grootveld Female geb. 6 Feb 1892 overl. 14 OKT 1905
  Elisabeth Grootveld Female geb. 1898 overl. 8 Dec 1912