Johannes Hendrikus van Dijk
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Hendrik van Dijk | |
| Moeder: | Willemina van Burgsteden | |
| Geboren: | 22 Dec 1910 | Stoutenburg |
| Overleden: | 17 Dec 2004 | onbekend |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Dijk van First Name: Johannes Hendrikus Date of Birth: 22/12/1911 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: CATHOLIC Gender: Male Profession: AGRICULTURIST Place during the war: Achterveld, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Achterveld, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/8870) Johannes and Johanna van Dijk, devout Roman Catholics, lived with their four young children in the little village of Achterveld (prov. Utrecht) not far from Amersfoort. Johannes was serving in the Dutch army when the war broke out, but was soon demobilized. Johanna was at home on the farm with the children. The van Dijks were strongly opposed to the German occupation and Johannes became involved in resistance activities. This resulted in his giving shelter to a number of people, among others to Jacob Weissmann. Weissmann, originally from Germany, had fled to the Netherlands in 1935. He settled in Maastricht, married a non-Jewish woman and converted. However, since the Nazi regime defined a Jew by race and not by religion, Weissmann was ordered to register as such. He was therefore also subjected to the anti-Jewish measures. Even a statement by the Lutheran Church in August 1942, testifying that Weissmann was a member of the Church was not of help. In early 1943, when the deportations of the Jews to deaths camps in Poland were in full force, Jacob Weissmann, by now living in 's Hertogenbosch, decided to look for a hiding place. Through colleagues at the company where he had been a salesperson, he was given false identity papers in the name of Jan Peters and a hiding address on a farm in Achterveld. However, after a number of months, Weissmann was ordered to leave because the farm work was over. He then knocked on the door of the van Dijks, who lived in the same village, asking for their help. The van Dijks agreed to hide Weissmann, fully realizing the risk they were taking. Johannes van Dijk prepared a special hiding area in the haystack on the farm. Weissmann, together with Cor Post, a non-Jew who had escaped forced labor, had to sleep there each night. During the day they helped on the farm. In the course of 1944, a British pilot, Robert Peatling was also hid by the van Dijks. From time to time, the van Dijks received forged food stamps for their wards. Since this was insufficient during the infamous Hungerwinter, Johannes went to the eastern rural areas to get extra food for all. All stayed until the liberation in May 1945 and kept in touch with the van Dijks thereafter. On July 19, 2001, Yad Vashem recognized Johannes van Dijk and Johanna van Dijk-Rutten, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Johanna Hendrika Rutten | geb. 17 Aug 1911 overl. 30 Dec 1997 |
| Huwelijk: | XXXX | onbekend |