Geeske Postma

Geslacht:	Vrouw
Vader:	Klaas Postma
Moeder:	Klaaske Mulder
Geboren:	17 Nov 1915	Gaasterland
Overleden:	29 MEI 2000	Leeuwarden
Aantekeningen:	Boer de Geeske (1915 - 2000 ) Personal Information Last Name: Boer de First Name: Geeske Maiden Name: Postma Date of Birth: 17/11/1915 Date of death: 29/05/2000 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: PROTESTANT Gender: Female Place during the war: Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/11216) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 26/12/2007 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Rescued Persons Bruin de, Bertha Rescue Story Boer de, Ate (23.3.1915 – 29.5.1990) Boer-Postma, Geeske (17.11.1915 – 29.5.2000) Various members of the Jewish de Bruin family from Leeuwarden (prov. Friesland) were caught by the Germans on different occasions and subsequently deported -- Aharon, the father (14.4.1890 – 30.9.1942, Auschwitz), 19-year-old daughter Dora (10.4.1921 – 28.4.1944, Auschwitz) and Herman (16.4.1923 - 3.2.1945, Gross Rosen). Mother Henriette (née Italie) and nine-year-old Bertha (Betty), however, had managed to escape each time. Henriette decided no longer to take chances, and turned to underground workers in order to find places to hide. After some six temporary and unsuccessful stays at various addresses, Betty arrived at the de Boer family in Leeuwarden in the course of 1943. Ate and Geeske de Boers had been approached by a local underground group, and were willing to take the risk involved to shelter a Jewish girl. Ate was a teacher at a school in a nearby village, and Geeske was a housewife. The family was Protestant, like most in the area. Betty soon became one of the family, the oldest sister to young Johan de Boer and baby Klaaske, who was born during her stay; she called Ate and Geeske, “Heit” and “Mem”, the Friesian version of dad and mom. The existence of Betty had to be kept a secret as much as possible. She had to stay around the house and thus could not go to school. In case someone asked a question, she was told to say that she was a niece of Geeske de Boer, who also happened to be of a darker complexion than most of the residents of Friesland. As the de Boers lived on a small income, feeding an extra mouth was not easy. As Betty could not be registered for food stamps, the underground provided false stamps for her, enabling all to have basic provisions. Towards the end of the war Ate and Geeske also agreed to hide a family which was being sought because of its resistance activities, thereby greatly increasing the risk for both Betty and themselves. Betty stayed with the de Boers until the liberation of the area in April 1945. Her mother, who had been in hiding elsewhere in the area, also survived; however, it took a number of months until she could find her own place to live. Until then, Betty stayed on with Ate and Geeske de Boer. On December 26, 2007, Yad Vashem recognized Ate de Boer and Geeske de Boer-Postma as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Ate de Boer	geb. 23 MRT 1915 overl. 29 MEI 1990
Huwelijk:	3 Juli 1941	Balk