Doeke Dijksterhuis

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Jans Dijksterhuis
Moeder: Geertruida Oosting
Geboren: 19 Aug 1897 Spijk
Religie: G.K.
Beroep: chauffeur Posterijen
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Dijksterhuis
First Name: Doeke
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male Profession: POSTAL WORKER
Place during the war: Den Bosch, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Den Bosch, Noordbrabant, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding Other
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/6141)
The Dijksterhuis family, who resided in Den Bosch, North Brabant, lived next door to a Jewish family, the Jacobs, with whom they became friends. In July 1942, when the Jacobs were expecting to be sent to Westerbork, Doeke and Lena Dijksterhuis offered to take their son Martin into their home. They hid him in their attic and he paid them a symbolic weekly sum towards his upkeep. In the last year of the war, the Dijksterhuises took in another three people, Martin’s uncle and aunt and their son. In addition to hiding Jews during the war, Doeke Dijksterhuis took upon himself an added risk: as a postal truck driver, he was allowed into the detention camps where people were held after being caught by the Germans. In the St. Michielsgestel and Haeren camps he made contact with many inmates and illegally passed on letters from them to the outside. One of the people Doeke saved later recalled: “He was very humane towards his Jewish fellow citizens.” Doeke’s daughter commented: “My parents said that people just have to be helped.”
On June 22, 1994, Yad Vashem recognized Doeke Dijksterhuis and his wife, Lena Dijksterhuis-Zwiep, as Righteous Among the Nations

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Leentje Zwiep geb. 15 Dec 1902
Huwelijk: 30 Juli 1924 Rotterdam
Kinderen:
  Geertruida Dijksterhuis Male geb. 11 Aug 1926
  Geertje Dijksterhuis Male geb. 25 Nov 1928