Zwaantje van de Vlekkert

Geslacht:	Vrouw
Vader:	Johannes van de Vlekkert
Moeder:	Hendrika Horst
Geboren:	15 Sept 1893	Epe
Overleden:	13 Jan 1971	onbekend
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Broeders First Name: Swaantje Maiden Name: Surname unknown Date of Birth: 15/09/1892 Date of death: 13/01/1971 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Vaassen, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Vaassen, Gelderland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding Supplying basic goods Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2235) During the war, Pieter and Swaantje Broeder lived in Vaassen, Gelderland, with their daughter Anneke. They had two other daughters, Riek and Netta, who no longer lived at home, and their sons Joop and Jos had gone into hiding. Their eldest son, Pieter, was killed in action on board a British submarine in 1942. Piet and Swaantje were well informed about the persecution of the Jews because their daughter Netta was married to a Jew, Benjamin (Benni) Gosschalk. In June 1943, Pieter and Swaantje helped find a safe hideout for Benni. They also assisted Benni's parents, Jule and Aaltje, and his brother, Mozes (Max), who lived under constant threat of deportation. On several occasions, the Broederses accommodated them in their home. In early 1943, Pieter and Swaantje found a safe hideout for Bert Gosschalk (Benni's cousin) and his wife, Doris van Blankenstein. They stayed for a few months and then the Broederses found them a hideout with a family in Vaassen and regularly provided them with ration cards. Four months later, Pieter and Swaantje arranged for the fugitive couple to move into a small house in a forest near Epe, using a fictitious name. Pieter and Swaantje continued to help the Gosschalks, including the time when Bert fell ill with diphtheria in late 1944 and through Doris's difficult pregnancy. In February 1945, Bert and Doris were arrested and sent to Westerbork, where they were liberated in April 1945. Two months later, their first child was born. In the meantime, in 1943, a family acquaintance from Epe asked the Broederses to hide Rosette (Roty) Salomons, a five-year-old Jewish girl from Haarlem, North Holland. Although she was forbidden to go outside, her stay with the Broeders family was still pleasant. After the war, when Roty's mother came to fetch her, Roty found it very difficult to part from Pieter and Swaantje. In September 1944, Pieter and Swaantje received another request to hide a Jew, this time from their vicar. He asked them to hide Coenraad Coster, who had been forced to leave his previous shelter. Pieter and Swaantje agreed and Coenraad stayed with them until the liberation. While hiding in their home, Coenraad often went to the nearby woods to meet his wife, Bertha, and son, Theo, who were hiding with the van Beek* family. After the war, the Broederses remained on friendly terms with the people they had helped. On February 18, 1982, Yad Vashem recognized Pieter Cornelis Adrianus Broeders and his wife, Swaantje Broeders, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner:	Pieter Cornelis Adrianus Broeders	geb. 12 Juni 1891 overl. 26 Feb 1976
Huwelijk:	21 Feb 1914	Epe
Kinderen:
	Pieter Cornelis Adrianus Broeders	geb. 8 Nov 1915 overl. 1942