Arent Baar
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Hilbrand Baar | |
| Moeder: | Frouwke Brondijk | |
| Geboren: | 17 Apr 1897 | Bierum |
| Overleden: | 2 Sept 1977 | |
| Beroep: | seinwachter NS | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Baar First Name: Arent Date of Birth: 17/04/1897 Date of death: 02/09/1977 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: STATION MANAGER Rescue Place during the war: Hulshorst, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Hulshorst, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3535) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 20/11/1986 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons de Leeuw, Henny Rescue Story Baar, Arent & Henderika (Vrieling) Arent Baar was station manager of a train station in Hulshorst, Gelderland. His home was a short distance from the railway line for the center of Holland and actually stood on the edge of the platform, a fact which helped Jews and others without documents disappear unnoticed into his house when they got off the train. The Baar home, where Arent lived with his wife and three children, was also a permanent hiding place for many Jews. Henny de Leeuw, a Jewish woman from Amsterdam, was one of those hidden by the Baars. Henny had worked as a clerk in a tobacco factory and was helped by her friends at work to find a hiding place. During the war she turned to the Baars three times for refuge in their home, the first time for a month, then for four months, and in 1944 again for three months. Each time they took her in willingly, but she was forced to leave when the place became too dangerous. When the other hiding places became dangerous as well, she returned to the Baars. The Baars daughter remembers several Jews who stayed at their house on their way to permanent hiding places, and remembers Henny in particular. Henny kept in contact with the Baars even after Arents death. The Baars son was shot and killed by the Germans in March 1945. On November 20, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Arent Baar and his wife, Henderika Baar-Vrieling, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Henderika Vrieling | geb. 31 Jan 1900 overl. 16 Dec 1992 |
| Huwelijk: | 23 Nov 1923 | Haren |