Susanna Maria de Wit
| Geslacht: | Vrouw | |
| Vader: | Jan de Wit | |
| Moeder: | Aagje Couwenhoven | |
| Geboren: | 7 OKT 1917 | Graft |
| Beroep: | apotheker | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Dierdorp First Name: Susanne Maiden Name: Witte de Date of Birth: 07/10/1917 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 Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/8446) Pharmacology students Netty Ziekenoppasser and Susanne de Wit became friends at the University of Amsterdam in the late 1930s. At this time, Netty also met her future husband, Henk Gompen. The couple knew that their best chance for survival was to escape from Holland, but they were told that they would need 5,000 Dutch guilders to cross the border into Spain. In early summer 1942, Susanne de Wit, who was by then married to Simon Dierdorp, learned from Netty about her plight and a couple of days later, she handed Netty an envelope containing the 5,000 guilders. After getting married in September 1942, Netty and Henk left Holland and managed to reach the south of France. Unable to cross the border into Spain, the couple crossed illegally into Switzerland on the night of November 4--5. They stayed there until the end of the war. Meanwhile, Susanne and Simon opened their home to Henks mother for a few weeks in 1943 and helped her obtain a false identity card. They also gave shelter to a teenage Jewish boy, Martin Cohen, despite the fact that Susanne was now expecting her first child. In the autumn of 1943, Martin was arrested and forced to reveal the identity of his hosts. Simon was immediately arrested and sent to the Vught concentration camp and then to Germany. Susanne managed to get her husband released and he returned home in May 1944. Martin, however, was deported to Bergen-Belsen, where he perished. After the war, Netty and Susanne maintained a close relationship. On May 6, 1999, Yad Vashem recognized Simon C. Dierdorp and his wife, Susanne M. Dierdorp-de Wit, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Simon Cornelis Dierdorp | geb. 17 Feb 1915 overl. 23 Juni 1988 |
| Huwelijk: | 1942 | Bergen |