Derk Johan Wansink
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Derk Johan Wansink | |
| Moeder: | Woltera Gerharda Muijderman | |
| Geboren: | 6 Dec 1898 | Aalten |
| Overleden: | 17 Juni 1978 | |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Beroep: | onderwijzer | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Wansink First Name: Derk Johan Title: DR. Date of Birth: 06/12/1898 Date of death: 17/06/1978 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Santpoort, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Santpoort, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1145) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 09/10/1977 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes Rescued Persons Boers, Hemelrijk, First name unknown Spijer, Herbert Spijer, Elleke Wansink, Derk Johan & Alida Jacoba (Soeters) One day in 1940, Dr. Derk Wansink met his good friend Dr. Jaap M. Hemelrijk, a member of the Dutch underground. Wansink offered his friend a hiding place in his home. Dr. Hemelrijk suggested that Wansink should take in Jewish children instead. Jaaps son, Jan, was one of the heads of the Dutch underground and was himself a half-Jew. He subsequently brought two Jewish children to the Wansink home in Santpoort, North Holland: Elleke and Herbert Spijer. The two children received false identity papers from the underground. A year earlier, in 1939, Derk, who was a Social Democrat, had published a work called Socialism at the Crossroads, which spoke out against antisemitism. As a result, his name was on the Germans blacklist. Herbert, the young Jewish boy hidden by the Wansinks, was a sickly child and had to be taken to the hospital in Haarlem. This was not an easy task as Herbert had been circumcised. The underground together with Derk arranged for medical care by having Derk pose as a medical doctor instead of a doctor of history. This was not the only problem. Their neighbor was a leading figure in the Dutch Nazi Party and the Wansinks had to be especially careful. The children were hidden in the attic and all the family members cooperated in protecting and taking care of them. The Spijer children were hidden in the Wansink home in Santpoort until the Germans evacuated the civilian population in December 1944. Between January and September 1944, Jaaps sister, D. Broers-Hemelrijk, joined the children. On October 27, 1977, Yad Vashem recognized Derk Johan Wansink and his wife, Alida Jacoba Wansink-Soeters, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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Gezin 1
| Huwelijkspartner: | Alida Jacoba Soeters | geb. 12 Nov 1902 overl. 24 OKT 1989 |
| Huwelijk: | 1923 | Neede |
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Woltera Gerharda Wansink
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geb. 5 Aug 1932 overl. 29 Aug 1996 | |