Hendrikus Johannes Wien

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Wilhelmus Leonardus Wien
Moeder: Hendje Leenders
Geboren: 19 Juni 1904 Wageningen
Overleden: 26 MEI 1988
Aantekeningen: Wien Hendrikus (1904 - 1988 )
Personal Information
Last Name: Wien
First Name: Hendrikus
Johannes
Date of Birth: 19/06/1904
Date of death: 26/05/1988
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Organization/ Religious order: Westerweel Groep
Place during the war: Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1526)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 11/01/1979
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree
Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands
Rescued Persons
Praag van, Chaja
Rescue Story
Wien, Hendrikus Johannes & Francisca Hendrika (Huethorst)
In 1940, aged 19, Chaja van Praag decided to join her sister, who was living in den Bosch, Brabant. She then moved to Almelo, Overijssel, where she worked for a farmer, and later to Apeldoorn, where she studied nutrition at the Jewish Het Apeldoornsche Bosch mental hospital. Chaja stayed there for two years, but on January 22, 1943, the Germans raided the hospital and deported the patients and many of the hospital staff to Auschwitz. Chaja managed to hide with Geritt and Anne Nijhoff* and their son Wilhelm and remained there until the end of 1943, when she was forced to flee. It was then that she met the Wien family in Wageningen, Gelderland, and started working for them as a maid, since Francisca Wien had five children and was not in good health. Her husband, Hendrikus, did not have a large income and so the family had a hard time financially. Chaja helped out with household chores and looked after the children in exchange for room and board. She was welcomed as a member of the family and, when the Allies bombed Wageningen in 1943, fled with the family to Zeist, Utrecht. Chaja stayed with the Wiens until mid-1944, when she joined the Westerweel* group, received false papers, and moved to Amsterdam to work for the Dutch underground.
On November 1, 1979, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrikus Johannes Wien and his wife, Francisca Hendrika Wien-Huethorst, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Francisca Hendrika Huethorst geb. 31 MRT 1905 overl. 31 Dec 1992
Huwelijk: 25 Juni 1930 Wageningen
Kinderen:
  Hendrikus Johannes Franciscus Wien Male geb. 1936 overl. 27 MRT 1936
  Wilhelmus Leonardus Wien Male geb. 1940
  Franciscus Hendricus Johannes Wien Male geb. 1942
  Hendricus Johannes Franciscus Wien Male geb. 1942 overl. 27 Aug 1942