Hermina Jacoba Johanna Ribbink

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Herminius Carl George Ludolf Ribbink
Moeder: Clazina Maria Moll
Geboren: 4 Juli 1895 Rotterdam
Overleden: 7 Feb 1986 Amsterdam
Religie: Ned. Hervormd
Beroep: advocaat
Aantekeningen: Personal Information
Last Name: Baumhauer von
First Name: Hermina
Jacoba
Johanna
Maiden Name: Ribbink
Date of Birth: 04/07/1895
Date of death: 07/02/1986
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Rescue
Place during the war: Vierhouten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Vierhouten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
Supplying basic goods
Providing forged documents
Other
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 20/07/1999
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Rescue Story
Baumhauer von, Edouard Henri & Hermina Jacoba Johanna (Ribbink)
Attorney Edouard von Baumhauer, who came from a prominent German family, helped hide around 100 Jews near to his country estate. A lawyer from Amsterdam, Edouard was president of the Holland-America Trade Council and consultant for two other trade bodies. In September 1940 most foreign trade was halted and Edouard, his wife Hermina and their three children decided to move to their spacious villa outside Vierhouten, Gelderland. In 1941, the couple invited Jews to hide at the villa, which consisted of seven bedrooms with 25 beds. A 150-yard escape tunnel was constructed to connect the cellar with the nearby woods. When the house became too crowded Edouard rented houses for the Jews in the village. He also began surveying the woods with a view to hiding more Jews. On one of his walks he came across Dionisius Bakker*, of Nunspeet, who was also trying to see if the woods would make a good hiding place. Together they decided on a suitable location around the fire ranger station and organized a camp consisting of tents, barracks, and underground facilities which later became known as the watch-out camp. Trusted craftsmen were sent to install water, electricity, and other necessities, and some 100 fugitives lived there, among them many Jews but also non-Jewish Resistance workers and Allied pilots. On 29 November 1944, the Germans discovered the camp but most of the Jews managed to escape thanks to early warnings. Eight people had remained there, however, and were executed on the spot by the Germans. The refugees were brought to the von Baumhauer villa, where they were given new identity cards and food coupons as evacuees from the bombed-out city of Arnhem.
On July 20, 1999, Yad Vashem recognized Edouard Henri von Baumhauer and his wife, Hermina Jacoba Johanna von Baumhauer-Ribbink, as Righteous Among the Nations.
Nationaal Archief
Nummer archiefinventaris: 2.21.205.04
Inventaris van het archief van de familie von Baumhauer, 1513-2005
412-415 Stukken betreffende de verzetsactiviteiten van haar en haar echtgenoot tijdens de Tweede-Wereldoorlog.
1948-1984 9 stukken en 3 omslagen
Zie ook inv.nrs. 389-396.
412 Aantekeningen over het 'Pas-Op-Kamp' te Vierhouten, met biografie van haar echtgenoot in vijfvoud en haar 'kampverhaal', 1948-1955 en z.j.
413 Correspondentie met Dr.L. de Jong inzake diens weergave van de aktviteiten van haar man in zijn publicatie 'Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog', 1977
414 Krantenknipsels betreffende het 'Pas-Op-Kamp' te Vierhouten, met de publicatie 'Het verscholen dorp' door A. Visser, 1980-1984
415 Correspondentie betreffende de toekenning van het Verzetsherdenkingskruis aan het echtpaar Von Baumhauer en hun dochter Clazien, met naamlijsten, doorslagen, 1983, 9 stukken
De betreffende onderscheidingen bevinden zich in het museum bij "Het
verscholen dorp" te Vierhouten.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Edouard Henri von Baumhauer geb. 10 Feb 1890 overl. 5 MEI 1950
Huwelijk: 30 OKT 1922 Rotterdam