Willemijna Petronilla van der Werff

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Cornelis Johannis van der Werff
Moeder: Willemijna Petronella Sneep
Geboren: 16 Jan 1904 Rilland-Bath, gem. Reimerswaal
Overleden: 20 MEI 1993 Amsterdam
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Have ten
First Name: Wilhelmina Petronella
Maiden Name: Werff van der
Alias: ZUS
Date of Birth: 16/01/1904
Date of death: 20/05/1993
Rescuer's fate: survived imprisoned
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Place during the war: Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ; Westerbork, Camp, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding Arranging shelter Other
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2238)
During the war, Wilhelmina ten Have was very active in the Resistance in the city of Groningen. In the summer of 1942, she visited the brothers Meyer and Isaac Asscher, who lived near the ten Haves, and urged them to go into hiding. Initially she and her husband, Professor Tonko ten Have, put them up in their own home. However, since they had grown up in the neighborhood and were widely known as the sons of the late Chief Rabbi of the city and his wife, Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, a writer, this was considered dangerous. Thus, Wilhelmina, nicknamed Zus, found new places for the brothers to hide and supplied them regularly with food coupons and false identity cards. During the war, Wilhelmina also served as an intermediary between people interned in Westerbork and their friends and family outside. Prisoners sent mail to her home and she then forwarded it. This, just like hiding fugitives, was an especially risky acitivity. In the winter of 1944, Wilhelmina was arrested and sent to a woman's prison in Germany, where she was tortured, but she survived the war.
On April 5, 1982, Yad Vashem recognized Tonko Tjarko ten Have and his wife Wilhelmina Petronella ten Have-van der Werff, as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Tonko Tjarko ten Have geb. 5 OKT 1906 overl. 1 Apr 1975
Huwelijk: 29 Apr 1932 Wassenaar