Cornelis Gijsbertus van Amerongen
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Adrianus Hendrikus Johannes van Amerongen | |
| Moeder: | Drika de Bruin | |
| Geboren: | 23 Apr 1912 | Utrecht |
| Beroep: | chauffeur | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Amerongen van First Name: Cornelis Alias: KEES Date of Birth: 23/04/1912 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: DRIVER Rescue Place during the war: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5813) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 03/11/1993 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Rubens, Salomon Stam van Amerongen van, Cornelis G. & Theresia Bernardina (van Eck) Cornelis (Kees) and Theresia (Dien) van Amerongen were living in the city of Utrecht with their three-year-old son when the war broke out. Cornelis worked in various part-time jobs and at one time had been Sam van Krefeld's chauffeur. Sam was an uncle of Andries van der Stam and one of the people who provided for his divorced mother, Mina Rubens. When the deportations commenced in July 1942, Mina, her two brothers, and her brother-in-law Sam, decided to go into hiding with their families. They found a hideaway for 18-year-old Andries with the van Amerongens in their small three-room apartment in Utrecht. Later in 1942, the van Amerongens also welcomed 11-year-old Salomon Rubens, the son of Mina's brother Jacob Rubens, into their home. He and Andries were treated as part of the family, equally sharing the meager amount of food that Cornelis managed to acquire. The two boys did not have false papers and thus had no food coupons to contribute. Salomon's parents occasionally visited the van Amerongens and gave them some money towards the upkeep of the boys but their funds were limited and the burden fell on Cornelis and Theresia. Andries and Salomon were not permitted to leave the house. Theresia often took out books from the local library for the fugitive boys, thereby helping them pass the time. Once there was a house-to-house search and Cornelis pushed Salomon through a small window onto the roof so he would not be found. Salomon stayed with the van Amerongens for a year and Andries remained with them after the war, until he became independent. In the meantime, Mina was hidden with her daughter in Maarssen, near Utrecht, and then Amsterdam. There, the mother and daughter were betrayed and deported to Auschwitz, where they perished on September 3, 1943. On November 3, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Cornelis G. van Amerongen and his wife, Theresia Bernardina van Amerongen-van Eck, as Righteous Among the Nations |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Theresia Bernardina van Eck | |
| Huwelijk: | 1947 | Utrecht ?? |