Alexander Maximiliaan Gerardus Bernard
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Marius Josephus Hubertus Bernard | |
| Moeder: | Maria Alders | |
| Geboren: | 19 MEI 1915 | Leiden |
| Overleden: | 5 Sept 1986 | |
| Religie: | Rooms Katholiek | |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Bernard First Name: Alexander Maximiliaan Gerardus Alias: LEX Date of Birth: 19/05/1915 Date of death: 05/09/1986 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Leiden, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Leiden, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Arranging shelter Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2374) Chava Bornstein (later Chava Leesha Rose), a Jewish nurse who posed as the gentile woman Liesje Bos, was an underground activist working and was supplied with forged identity papers for Jews in hiding. Chava was also a members of the so-called Lex Group in Leiden led by Alexander (Lex) Bernard, who never received any monetary compensation for his work. The group helped Jews who wanted to go into hiding and published the illegal newsletter Strijdend Nederland (The Fighting Netherlands). In her testimony to Yad Vashem Chava wrote: Lex helped hundreds of people in hiding, maybe more. On January 31, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Alexander Maximiliaan Gerardus Bernard as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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