Berend van Dooren

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Karel Joan van Dooren
Moeder:	Willempje van 't Hul
Geboren:	18 Dec 1898	Almelo, Stad
Overleden:	10 OKT 1944	Dölkau, Zöschen, Duitsland
Beroep:		wever, textielarbeider
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Dooren van First Name: Berend Date of Birth: 18/12/1898 Date of death: 10/10/1944 Rescuer's fate: murdered Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1765) Johannes and Berend van Dooren, brothers, were underground activists who saved Jews and paid for their courage with their lives. They were caught, tortured and killed. Berend and his wife, Hendrika, (Rick) hid a Jewish child, Rachel Spitz, whose parents were hiding elsewhere. In October 1943, after her parents could no longer remain in their home, members of the underground escorted Rachel to Berend and Rick’s home. They looked after her as if she were their daughter and she called them “aunt” and “uncle.” When it became unsafe, Berend was forced to move the five-year-old child, but, when escorting her to a farmhouse near the town of Almelo, Overijssel, they were both caught. The child was sent to Westerbork and remained there until the camp was liberated. Fortunately for her, when she got there, after September 13, 1944, no more people were being deported to the extermination camps and her life was spared. Rachel’s parents, Isaac and Rebecca Spitz-van Wezel, were told where their daughter was immediately after the liberation of Holland. In Almelo, a street was named after the two brave brothers, The Brothers van Dooren Street. On January 28, 1980, Yad Vashem recognized Berend van Dooren and his wife, Hendrika Geertruida van Dooren-Kamp, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Hendrika Geertruida Kamp	geb. 7 Nov 1893 overl. 16 Feb 1966
Huwelijk:	19 Apr 1924	Almelo