Heintje Visser

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Willem Visser
Moeder: Dieuwke Leyenaar
Geboren: 19 Feb 1894 Dronrijp, gemeente Menaldumadeel
Overleden: 23 Juni 1961
Aantekeningen: Personal Information
Last Name: Bakker
First Name: Heintje
Maiden Name: Visser
Alias: HENNY
Date of Birth: 19/02/1894
Date of death: 23/06/1961
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Rescue
Place during the war: Bolsward, Friesland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Bolsward, Friesland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
Arranging shelter
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/5569)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 27/01/1993
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes
Rescued Persons
Klisser,
Rescue Story
Bakker, Age Feite & Heintje (Visser)
Age Bakker, the manager of a flour and sugar factory, and his wife, Heintje (Henny) Bakker-Visser, had two sons. Age and Henny were members of the anti-Nazi underground in their hometown of Bolsward, Friesland. Age helped Jewish adults find hiding places and obtained ration cards for them. Henny helped hide Jewish children, saving the lives of 30. Lili Rosalina, a Jewish girl who was then 11 years old, had already been through tough times. She had been arrested twice by the German police and released, and after her parents were sent to Sobibor she wandered from place to place for several months until she found Henny. Lili begged Henny not to send her away. After consulting with her husband Henny took Lili under her wing and treated her like a daughter. They adopted the little girl officially, out of fear of being betrayed. When the Germans broke into their house to search it, Lili hid in the hiding place they had prepared in a cupboard with a double wall until the Germans left. Lili, later Klisser, testified that the Bakkers’ motives were humantarian, without any thought of recognition for their acts. Klisser has kept in close touch with the eldest son of her rescuers, who was 23 years old in 1943 and later was minister of transport in the Dutch government from 1976 until 1981.
On January 27, 1993, Yad Vashem recognized Age Bakker and his wife, Heintje Bakker-Visser, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Age Feite Bakker geb. 21 Sept 1894 overl. 10 Feb 1984
Huwelijk: 6 Juni 1917 Bolsward