Johannes Imthorn

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Hendrik Imthorn
Moeder: Neeltje Raggers
Geboren: 4 Juni 1893 Noordwijk
Overleden: 7 Juli 1970 Noordwijk
Beroep: schrijnwerker
Aantekeningen: Imthorn Johannes (1893 - 1970 )
Personal Information
Last Name: Imthorn
First Name: Johannes
Date of Birth: 04/06/1893
Date of death: 07/07/1970
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: CARPENTER
Organization/ Religious order: Westerweel Groep
Place during the war: Noordwijk, Zuidholland, The Netherlands
Warmond, Zuidholland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Noordwijk, Zuidholland, The Netherlands
Warmond, Zuidholland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4026)
Commemoration
Date of Recognition: 28/12/1988
Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Tree
Ceremony held in Yad Vashem: Yes
Rescued Persons
Buren van, Herman
Buren van, Sara
Rescue Story
Imthorn, Johannes & Maria Elisabeth (Juhr) Johannes Imthorn was a carpenter and his wife, Maria, was a housewife in the town of Noordwijk, South Holland. In August 1944, a Jewish couple, Sara and Herman van Buren, contacted the Westerweel* group and asked for help to flee Holland and to reach Spain through Belgium and France. When this plan did not work out, they were taken to the Imthorns. The Germans then ordered all the inhabitants of the town to leave their homes and move inland, away from the coast. The Imthorns obeyed, moving to nearby Warmond and taking Sara and Herman with them. The evacuees’ living conditions were extremely primitive. They were starving and there was little wood for fuel in the harsh winter of 1944--1945. One day the two men were working in the yard when they saw two German soldiers approaching. Herman immediately went into the house and hid in the shelter. The soldiers knocked on the door and asked where the young man whom they had seen a minute ago in the yard had gone. Maria insisted stubbornly that there was no one in the house and the soldiers eventually left without searching it. On December 28, 1988, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes Imthorn and his wife, Maria Elisabeth Imthorn-Juhr, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Maria Elisabeth Juhr geb. 17 MRT 1894 overl. 10 MEI 1971
Huwelijk: 25 Jan 1921 Osnabrück