Ettje Dekker

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Geert Dekker
Moeder: Ettje de Haan
Geboren: 20 MRT 1890 Groningen
Beroep: wijkverpleegster
Aantekeningen: Boer de Ettje
Personal Information
Last Name: Boer de
First Name: Ettje
Maiden Name: Dekker
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Religion: CALVINIST
Gender: Female
Profession: HOUSEWIFE
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.31.2/9206)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 18/03/2001
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Rescued Persons
Pappie, Michael
Blumenthal, First name unknown
Rescue Story
Boer de, Folkert Hendriksz
Boer de-Dekker, Ettje
Folkert de Boer and his wife Ettje, both in their fifties and devout Calvinists, lived with one of their three children in Leeuwarden (prov. Friesland). He was a clerk with the tax authorities and had served a number of years on the city council. Ettje was a housewife. With the onset of the deportations of the Jews in the summer of 1942, both became heavily involved with the local resistance group of Krijn van der Helm*. In November 1943, the de Boers were asked to hide a five-year-old Jewish boy, Michael Pappie from Utrecht. He already had been in hiding in Dokkum (prov. Friesland), first together with his parents and two brothers, and then at another address by himself. The Pappies had been whisked out of Utrecht by members of the Utrecht Student Committee*, in the summer of 1942. The de Boers responded positively as a matter of course, fully realizing the personal risk involved. Michael, now called Michiel de Boer, was introduced as a distant cousin, who could no longer stay at home for family reasons. He soon became part of the de Boer family as the little brother. Folkert and Ettje also became involved in hiding downed allied pilots in their home. In the fall of 1944, members of their resistance group were betrayed and the whole family went into hiding. Even though the de Boers themselves had to move a number of times because of the danger, they always took Michael with them. The de Boers had also hidden a Mrs. Blumenthal from Amsterdam for some time. Neither Michael’s parents nor his two brothers survived the war. Michael initially stayed with the de Boers, and then was taken to a Jewish orphanage until he went to live in late 1946 with an aunt who had located him. He continued, however, to stay in close contact with the de Boers. Folkert and Ettje de Boer received formal recognition by General Eisenhower in the name of the U.S. President for their service in assisting the escape of Allied soldiers from the enemy.
On March 18, 2001, Yad Vashem recognized Folkert Hendriksz de Boer and Ettje Boer de-Dekker, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Folkert de Boer geb. 7 Juli 1890
Huwelijk: 5 Juli 1917 Emmen