Margaretha Hoekstra
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Jan Freerk Hoekstra | |
| Moeder: | Alida Leenmans | |
| Geboren: | 15 Nov 1899 | Harlingen |
| Overleden: | 30 MEI 1979 | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Aten First Name: Margaretha Maiden Name: Hoekstra Alias: GREET Date of Birth: 15/11/1899 Date of death: 30/05/1979 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Organization/ Religious order: Nationaal Steunfonds Rescue Place during the war: Zaandam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Zaandam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/726) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 16/05/1972 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 Waagenaar, Karel, Daniel Boem, Fraenkel, Eva Top, Roos Waagenaar, First name unknown Waagenaar, First name unknown Rescue Story Aten, Remmert & Margaretha (Hoekstra) Anna Elisabeth Waagenaar-Bakker, (later Bein-Bakker) who was Jewish, and Greet Heybroek, who was not, had been the best of friends when they were fellow pupils at high school in Amsterdam. When serious danger to the Jews of the city appeared imminent, Anna turned to her old friend Greet to ask for help. Greet went to visit Anna and was asked to take Annas two eldest sons, aged six and seven, into hiding. Greet was hesitant, but she did propose that her husbands brother, Remmert, and his wife, Margaretha (Greet), shelter Annas youngest son, Karel Daniel Waagenaar. Remmert and Greet were already hiding other Jews. They immediately came to pick up Karel from his parents, and although he initially put up some resistance he eventually went off with his aunt and uncle for a boat ride that lasted two and a half years. Remmert was especially active in the Resistance. He was a member of the NSF, where he worked in the J branch under the supervision of Walraven van Hall* and I.J. van den Bosch*. This department organized loans to the LO to support hiders and to the BS in Zaandam, North Holland. In the course of this employment, Remmert provided many Jews with false ID cards, food coupons, and other such documents. Remmert and his brothers owned a lumber factory in Zaandam, where they were long-time residents and highly respected citizens. Remmert and Greet did not conceal all the Jewish fugitives whom they protected, but kept some of them visible, in the open. They hid some of the adults in the same way, including Eve Frankel (later Eva Boem-Frankel) and two others. Eve worked as a maid in the Atens home. Another concealed person, Holtz, a 70-year-old friend and colleague of the Atens, and another Jewish woman, Roos Top, were occupied in the same way. By pretending they were non-Jews, and by ensuring that they were provided with the appropriate false papers, these people could lead relatively normal lives. In 1944, however, the two elder Waagenaar boys, who had also been in hiding at the Atens, were betrayed and deported to Auschwitz, where they perished. The Aten home was thenceforth considered unsafe and Karel went back to his parents, who, equipped with false identity papers, were able to remain in their own home, where together they survived the war. On May 16, 1972, Yad Vashem recognized Remmert Aten and his wife, Margaretha Aten-Hoekstra, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Remmert Aten | geb. 9 Aug 1895 overl. 15 Aug 1984 |
| Huwelijk: | 21 Juni 1922 | Bussum |