Cornelia Catharina Moes
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Cornelis Wilhelmus Nicolaas Moes | |
| Moeder: | Debora van Veen | |
| Geboren: | 16 Apr 1913 | Den Haag |
| Religie: | Ned. Hervormd, geen | |
| Aantekeningen: | Berclouw Cornelia (1913 - 1996 ) Personal Information Last Name: Berclouw First Name: Cornelia Catherina Maiden Name: Moes Date of Birth: 01/01/1913 Date of death: 01/01/1996 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Hague, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/10726) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 18/12/2005 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Berclouw, Jacques Rescue Story Berclouw-Moes, Cornelia Bomer, Johannes Bomer-Jekel, Cornelia Catharina Cornelia Moes, b.1913, was an active member of the socialist youth movement AJC in The Hague. Among her Jewish friends was Jacques Berclouw, b.1918, from Amsterdam, who was working as a clerk with an insurance company in The Hague. When the AJC was shut down by order of the German authorities in 1940, many of its members turned to resistance activities and so did Cornelia. In September 1942, soon after the onset of the deportations of the Jews to the death camps, relatives of Jacques were rounded up in Amsterdam. After a short period of interim hiding places, Jacques turned to Cornelia, asking her for help in locating a new hiding address. Ever since the start of the deportations, Cornelia, a physically handicapped woman, was spending all her energies in locating hiding addresses, and moving children there, using her special bicycle that fit her handicap. Through her connections with former AJC members, she identified Johannes and Cornelia Bomer from Utrecht for Jacques. They were willing to take the risk, even though Cornelia Bomer was a sickly woman. The Bomers had two teenage children, Sara and Hendrik, who were told a cousin was coming to stay with them for some time. Others, such as the van Praag couple, also found temporary shelter with the Bomers, even though they had a small apartment. From time to time the children were sent elsewhere in order to be able to accommodate the extra Jews in hiding. Jacques, now answering to the name Bert Bierman, passed the time by teaching the Bomer children arithmetic. Jacques stayed until the liberation of Utrecht in May 1945. Cornelia Bomer died soon after the war, and Johannes remarried. Their war experiences were no longer ever discussed. Jacques married Cornelia Moes and the couple moved to Australia in the early fifties. All contact was lost with the Bomer family until only recently as a result of a search by Sara, the Bomer daughter. On December 18, 2005, Yad Vashem recognized Cornelia Berclouw-Moes, Johannes Bomer and Cornelia Catharina Bomer-Jekel, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Jacques Berclouw | geb. 2 MRT 1918 overl. 11 Apr 1999 |
| Huwelijk: | XXXX | onbekend |