Johannus Gijsbertus van Beusekom

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Johannus Gijsbertus van Beusekom
Moeder: Cornelia Adriana Swets
Geboren: 25 Aug 1912 Lienden
Aantekeningen: Beusekom van Johannes (1912 - ? )
Personal Information
Last Name: Beusekom van
First Name: Johannes
Gijsbertus
Alias: JOOP
Date of Birth: 25/08/1912
Rescuer's fate: survived
imprisoned
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: POSTAL WORKER
Place during the war: Echteld, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Echteld, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
Other
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3961)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 28/12/1988
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
Waterman, Isaac
Rescue Story
Beusekom van, Johannes Gijsbertus & Christina Johanna (van Voorthuizen)
In 1942, Johannes (Joop) van Beusekom, born in Lienden, and his wife, Christina (Christien), originally from Buren, were living in Echteld, Gelderland. They were asked to hide two-year-old Isaac Waterman. Despite the fact that Joop was involved in very dangerous Resistance activities, the couple agreed, and this proved an excellent solution for Isaac until the end of the war. Over and above this, Joop, disguised as a postal worker in a post office van, transported a considerable number of Jewish children to safe houses. Joop, who had a technical background, used his skills to the full in his resistance work, although he and Christien were never affiliated with any particular Resistance group. In January 1945 they sabotaged the detonator of the explosives the Germans had placed under the bridge near Zoelen in Gelderland so the bridge would remain intact for the advancing Allied forces. For this, he received letters of thanks from Field Marshall Montgomery and General Eisenhower after the war. Shortly before the liberation, the van BeusekomsÂ’ house was raided and Joop was arrested. Fortunately, Christien and Isaac had just been evacuated to nearby Asch, and Christien immediately went into hiding at the home of a vicar in Zoelmond, Gelderland, taking little Isaac with her. They all survived the war and the Dutch Government awarded Joop and Christien van Beusekom the Resistance Memorial Cross.
On December 28, 1988, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes van Beusekom and his, wife Christina van Beusekom-van Voorthuizen, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Christina Johanna van Voorthuizen geb. 13 Nov 1913 overl. 1 Juli 2000
Huwelijk: 16 Sept 1938 Soest