Johannes Cornelis Berben

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Pieter Mathis Berben
Moeder: Wilhelmina Bouwmans
Geboren: 5 Nov 1900 Meijel
Overleden: 7 Nov 1957 Venlo
Beroep: opperman
Aantekeningen: Berben Johannes (1900 - 1957 )
Personal Information
Last Name: Berben
First Name: Johannes
Cornelis
Date of Birth: 05/11/1900
Date of death: 07/11/1957
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Gender: Male
Profession: CONSTRUCTION WORKER
Organization/ Religious order: LO - Landelijke Organisatie
Nationaal Steunfonds
Place during the war: Baarlo, Limburg, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Baarlo, Limburg, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4063)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 07/06/1990
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
Rosenberg, Salomon, Mozes
Rescue Story
Berben, Johannes Cornelis & Theodora Aldegonde Petronella Hubertina (Peeters)
Johannes Berben, born in Meyel, and his wife Theodora were a passionately anti-Nazi Catholic couple living in Baarlo, Limburg. When, in the fall of 1943, they were asked by the underground to take in Salomon Mozes Rosenberg, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy from Amsterdam, the Berbens, who had no children, agreed. Johannes was a construction worker, but was often unemployed, and Theodora was a housewife, and they did not have much money. They told the neighbors that the child had come from the big city, which was suffering from a terrible famine. They received support from the LO and the NSF in the way of food and clothing coupons. Later the Germans took over their house and they lived in the cellar, but they kept the little boy at great risk to themselves and with no financial compensation.When Baarlo was liberated on November 21, 1944, it became clear that the little boy’s parents had been murdered in Sobibor.Salomon remained with the Berbens and they raised him as their son.
On June 7, 1990, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes Cornelis Berben and his wife, Theodora Aldegonde Petronella Hubertina Berben-Peeters, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Theodora Aldegonda Petronella Hubertina Peeters geb. 23 Nov 1902 overl. 7 Juni 1982
Huwelijk: 28 Sept 1933 Maasbree