Garrit Jan Groot Obbink

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Jan Groot Obbink
Moeder: Janna Boom
Geboren: 2 MRT 1909 Driene, Lonneker
Overleden: 20 MRT 1960 Eibergen
Beroep: landbouwer
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Groot Obbink
First Name: Gerrit Jan
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Place during the war: Eibergen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Eibergen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3398)
During the three years that Ruth and Bert Kats hid with the Huisman* and Koning* families they were forced to move twice when the danger became too great. The second time, they went to stay with Jan and Janna Groot Obbink and their two adult children, Gerritjen (later Bieleman) and Gerrit, in their big farmhouse in Eibergen, Gelderland. It was Gerritjen who took care of the two young refugees, but the whole family treated them warmly and they moved freely around the house. Jan, Janna, and their children considered it their moral duty to rescue those being persecuted, and they did not receive any payment.
On April 8, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Jan Groot Obbink, his wife, Janna Groot Obbink-Boom, and their son, Gerrit Jan Groot Obbink, and their daughter, Anna Gerritjen Bieleman-Groot Obbink, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Jantje van Gennip geb. 12 Aug 1915 overl. 30 Sept 1999
Huwelijk: 28 Juli 1955 Eibergen