Walraven van Hall
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Adriaan Floris van Hall | |
| Moeder: | Petronella Johanna Boissevain | |
| Geboren: | 10 Feb 1906 | Amsterdam |
| Overleden: | 12 Feb 1945 | Haarlem |
| Beroep: | bankdirecteur | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Hall van First Name: Walraven Alias: WALLIE VAN TUYL Date of Birth: 10/02/1906 Date of death: 12/02/1945 Rescuer's fate: murdered Cause of Death: EXECUTION Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: BANKER Organization/ Religious order: Nationaal Steunfonds Place during the war: Zaandam, Noordholland, The Netherlands ; Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Zaandam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/726) Walraven van Hall, known as Wallie, and I.J. van den Bosch* initiated the Nationaal Steun Fonds (NSF, National Support Fund) in 1942. Wallie was responsible for the western part of the country, which included Amsterdam. According to estimates, the NSF supported about 8,000 Jews during the second half of the war. Wallie, a broker from Zaandam, North Holland, was a member of a prominent Dutch family. His career included a stint in the Royal Dutch Merchant Marines and in 1942 he was asked to join the Zeemanspot (Seamen's Fund), the illegal fund that supported the families of men who were at sea when war broke out and were now fighting on the Allied side. The Zeemanspot was the precursor of the NSF. Under Wallies efficient organization and leadership, the NSF extended its horizons beyond the Zeemanspot, its new objective being to provide financial support to Jews and non-Jews who had been singled out by the German authorities and were therefore living underground. In order to protect the organization from upheavals in the case of arrest of key people, Wallie separated the departments dealing with income and expenditure. The members of one branch knew nothing about the other one. Only Wallie had the complete picture. Several of the members of the organization were asked to collect money from their fields of business acitivity. Finally, the big banks were approached and asked to extend loans of 200,000 florins. A method was devised to handle these loans without their appearing on regular balance sheets. The banks were told that the Dutch government-in-exile was the guarantor of these loans. The money was distributed in cash. During all this time, Wallie and van den Bosch traveled across the country soliciting funds for the NSF from banks and individuals. The NSF had a special subdivision called Vakgroep J that had been established in late 1943. Vakgroep J managed funds for between 800 and 900 Jews in hiding. Wallie headed it and it had a board of directors. The money was distributed to small illegal groups, of which there were over 50 in Amsterdam alone. On January 27, 1945, Wallie was arrested by the SD, but they were unaware that they had caught the notorious van Tuil (Wallies alias). However, another prisoner betrayed him and thus his fate was sealed. He was executed on February 12, 1945, near Haarlem. Van den Bosch had been executed a few months earlier. All in all, 85 of the people involved in this work were caught and executed by the Germans. On September 26, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Walraven van Hall as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Anna Mathilde den Tex | geb. 17 MEI 1907 |
| Huwelijk: | 1 MRT 1932 | Amsterdam |