Corrij Bastiaans
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Steven Bastiaans | |
| Moeder: | Hendrika Johanna Balabréga | |
| Geboren: | 16 Apr 1920 | Madioen |
| Overleden: | 21 Nov 1998 | |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Bastiaans First Name: Corrie Date of Birth: 16/04/1920 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Profession: ARTIST Rescue Place during the war: Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Arranging shelter Other Commemoration Date of Recognition: 16/12/1996 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Baer, Walter Bruckner, Hausler, Edith Lurie, Hausler, Elfriede, Shulamit Rescue Story Bastiaans, Corrie Corrie Bastiaans became good friends with Edith Hausler when they were both studying at the Art Academy in The Hague, South Holland. Edith, born in Germany in 1920, had come to Holland as a refugee with her sister Elfriede in 1938. When Jews were ordered out of the coastal area, Edith was forced to leave The Hague and the Academy, but still kept in touch with Corrie after she found a place to live in Arnhem, Gelderland. When the deportation of the Jews began in 1942 Corrie urged Edith to go into hiding but Edith did not think it was necessary. However, Corrie eventually succeeded in convincing her and a temporary hiding place was found for Edith near The Hague. When they traveled by train, Edith removed her yellow star acting like a deaf-and-dumb woman. They got off the train in Voorburg, a suburb of The Hague, where station inspections were less strict. A Resistance contact was waiting for them and took Edith on his bicycle to the hiding place in Delft. All through the period during which she was hiding, Corrie was kept informed about Edith and also paid Ediths expenses, until the underground took over. When Ediths sister Elfriede (Shulamit) saw that Edith was being well cared for, she asked Corrie to find her a hiding place too, which Corrie did through her underground connections. Corrie also found a hiding place for the Hausler sisters friend Walter Baer. Corries family in Deventer was also deeply involved in underground resistance activities. Her father, Steven, was a key member of the local underground who passed messages, visited farmhouses to hide pilots, stole ration cards, and destroyed railroads. He was caught and executed on August 10, 1944. After the war, the Dutch government awarded Corrie the Resistance Memorial Cross. She lost contact with the Hausler sisters until they were reunited in 1995 through the Dutch KRO television program Spoorloos. On December 16, 1996, Yad Vashem recognized Corrie Bastiaans as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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