Bendert Fijma

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Pieter Hendrik Fijma
Moeder:	Margaretha Maria van Wonderen
Geboren:	15 Dec 1911	Hillegom
Overleden:	5 Aug 1959	Hillegom
Beroep:		aannemer
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Fijma First Name: Bendert Date of Birth: 15/12/1911 Date of death: 05/08/1959 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Place during the war: Hillegom, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Hillegom, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3154) In early 1943, Bendert and Johanna Fijma of Hillegom, South Holland, offered 21-year-old Maurits van Thijn shelter in their home. They treated him very well. In April of the same year, the contact who had arranged this and many other hideouts in the area betrayed all the Jews he had assisted. Fortunately, through the Kreeft* family, where Maurits's fiancée, Catharina Blitz, was hiding, the Fijmas were warned and Maurits and Catharina fled to the Kranenburg* family. On March 19, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Bendert Fijma and his wife, Johanna Fijma-Geljon, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Johanna Geljon	geb. 11 Feb 1920 overl. 29 Nov 2007
Huwelijk:	5 Juni 1940	Hillegom