Berend Philip Bakker
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Ulrich Bakker | |
| Moeder: | Hiltje Turkstra | |
| Geboren: | 29 Juli 1899 | Oostdongeradeel |
| Overleden: | 29 Nov 1967 | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Bakker First Name: Barend Philip Date of Birth: 29/07/1899 Date of death: 29/11/1967 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: POSTAL WORKER Rescue Place during the war: Engwierum, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Engwierum, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3707) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 17/08/1987 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Davids, Harry Rescue Story Bakker, Berend Philip & Jeltje (Woudsma) Postal worker Berend Philip Bakker and his wife Jeltje, lived near Engwhierum, Friesland. They were members of the local underground and helped organize hiding places for Jews in the area. The village post office was actually inside their home and they used it as a cover for their activities despite the fact that the Germans came into the post office from time to time. They constantly lived in fear that they would be discovered or reported to the Germans by collaborators. What put Berend and Jeltje most at risk was the hiding of a 14-month-old Jewish boy named Harry L. Davids. The infant was handed over to the underground by his parents when he was three months old and moved from place to place until Jeltje picked him up in Dokkum. Berend and Jeltje, who were not wealthy, already had a son and three daughters. Only the eldest daughter knew the truth about the baby. To the Germans, the whole family stubbornly insisted that he was their fifth child, and that was how they treated him. Jeltje took the sick child from doctor to doctor and even had to bring him to a specialist in the town of Groningen. As Harry grew up his presence endangered the family even more: the village gossips were always talking about the Jewish boy at the Bakker house. On August 17, 1987, Yad Vashem recognized Berend Philip Bakker and his wife, Jeltje Bakker-Woudsma, as Righteous Among the Nations |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Jeltje Woudsma | geb. 14 Aug 1907 overl. 4 Sept 2004 |
| Huwelijk: | XXXX | onbekend |
| Kinderen: | ||
Harmen Haaije Bakker
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geb. 10 OKT 1939 | |