Dirk Bons

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Antonie Bons
Moeder: Pietertje van Vliet
Geboren: 12 Juni 1897 Brandwijk
Overleden: 11 Apr 1945 Zijpe
Aantekeningen: Bons Dirk (1897 - 1945 )
Personal Information
Last Name: Bons
First Name: Dirk
Date of Birth: 12/06/1897
Date of death: 11/04/1945
Rescuer's fate: murdered
Cause of Death: EXECUTION
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: TEACHER
Organization/ Religious order: LO - Landelijke Organisatie
Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Other
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3102)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 05/02/1985
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor
Rescued Persons
Waldinger, Israel, Leo
Rescue Story
Bons, Dirk & Anthonie Pieter & Jacobus Pieter
The members of the Bons family were all involved with the LO-LKP, which was engaged in perilous activities such as assisting the escape of British airmen after they were shot down. They were also involved in helping hide Jews. Afraid of being turned in, the Bonses left home for a while and hid with friends. One of these friends was the Eigenraam* family, where they met Israel Leo Waldinger. Dirk and his son Jacobus Pieter made friends with the Jewish fugitive and stayed in touch even after the Bonses returned home. Later, Dirk helped Waldinger find different places to hide after he was forced to leave the Eigenraam house. But hiding in the homes of active underground members could not be a permanent solution because of the constant fear of being discovered by the Germans on account of the arms and underground bulletins distributed from there. Waldinger therefore wandered from place to place like a hunted animal. During the whole period of his hiding out in 1944 and until he was arrested, Dirk worried about Waldinger and kept an eye on him. He encouraged him in times of crisis and eventually found him a hiding place with the Willemsen family, where he stayed until the end of the war. By that time, Dirk himself was being pursued by the Germans and could not stay at home. Unfortunately, Dirk and his son Anthonie were betrayed when their group was found by the Gestapo during a secret meeting on March 26, 1945, a short time before the liberation. They were arrested, executed on April 11, 1945, and buried at Overveen. The son, Jacobus, who was not taking part in the meeting, survived unharmed.
On February 5, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Dirk Bons and his sons, Anthonie and Jacobus Pieter Bons, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Johanna Bak geb. 24 Aug 1896
Huwelijk: 4 Aug 1920 Dordrecht
Kinderen:
  Antonie Pieter Bons Male geb. 11 Juni 1921 overl. 11 Apr 1945
  Jacobus Pieter Bons Male geb. 11 Juni 1921 overl. 28 Jan 1991
  Johanna Dirika Bons Male geb. 20 Juni 1929