Elisabeth Anna Maria Ottenheijm

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Conrad Hubert Ottenheijm
Moeder: Anna Maria Wilhelmina van Eijk
Geboren: 19 Aug 1910 Kaldenkirchen, Duitsland
Overleden: 12 Jan 1990 onbekend
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Dahmen
First Name: Elisabeth Anna Maria
Maiden Name: Ottenheim
Alias: LISA
Date of Birth: 19/08/1910
Date of death: 12/01/1990
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/7271)
Adrianus (Jan) and Elisabeth (Lisa) Dahmen joined the Resistance in 1941. Jan acted as the contact in Roermond, Limburg, for C. Paasen, who headed a group working to rescue Jews. The Dahmens themselves hid at least five Jews, found hiding places for many others, and distributed civilian clothing to foreign pilots. On June 6, 1944, the Germans apprehended Jan, Lisa, and two Jews who had been hiding with them. After two days, Lisa was released. She returned home and immediately continued to take care of the fugitives still hiding in her home as well as her seven children. Lisa tried everything possible to secure her husband’s freedom, but on August 19, 1944, Lisa’s 34th birthday, he was shot. After the war, President Eisenhower and the Air Chief Marshal of the British Commonwealth honored Jan and Lisa Dahmen.
On November 1, 1979, Yad Vashem recognized Adrianus Johannes Dahmen and his wife, Elisabeth Anna Maria Dahmen-Ottenheym, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Adrianus Johannes Dahmen geb. 17 Jan 1907 overl. 19 Aug 1944
Huwelijk: 8 Sept 1931 Roermond
Kinderen:
  Hendrik Frans Emanuel Dahmen Female geb. 1941 overl. 18 Dec 1952