Anton Heger
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Willem Heger | |
| Moeder: | Magdalena de Haan | |
| Geboren: | 20 Juli 1897 | Abcoude-Baambrugge |
| Aantekeningen: | Last Name: Heger First Name: Anton Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: SHOP OWNER Place during the war: Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Supplying basic goods Hiding Providing forged documents Arranging shelter Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/645) Elisabeth Kleerkoper was just a few months old when war broke out in 1940. Her father was in England on business on the day of the German invasion and was unable to rejoin his family for the duration of the war. In the early summer of 1942 with the onset of deportation of Jews, Hanna Kleerkoper decided that she and her two children must go into hiding immediately. Through the Resistance, she was put in touch with a young woman, Tiny Boeke*, who proposed hiding the two children, Elisabeth and Marietta, with different families in Zeist, Utrecht. On August 5, 1942, Tiny took Elisabeth to Anton and Wilhelmina Heger in Zeist, who looked after her until the end of the war. The Hegers kept Hanna Kleerkoper up-to-date on the progress of her daughter. Messages were sent through a garage attendant and at one point Anton came to the garage himself to tell Hanna how her daughter was doing. On the girls fourth birthday, her mother watched Elisabeth from a distance in a park where a party was given. The Hegers lived in a two-story house attached to a stationery shop which they ran. The couple had three children of their own: a 19-year-old son and two daughters aged 15 and eight. At first, they received money every month for Elisabeths upkeep, but also when funds ran out, the couple continued looking after the girl. When the Hegers son was old enough to be mobilized for German forced labor, he too went into hiding. The SS raided the house on one occasion but failed to discover the son or the Jewish girl. After this, the Hegers became more involved in Resistance activity, forging identity cards, inserting names into the citys register, finding hiding places for Jews, and distributing food to those without ration cards. At the end of the war, the Hegers contacted Hanna Kleerkoper and returned Elisabeth to her mother after an emotional farewell. On November 3, 1970, Yad Vashem recognized Anton Heger and his wife, Wilhelmina Heger-van de Kamp, as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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| Huwelijkspartner: | Wilhelmina van de Kamp | geb. 25 MRT 1896 |
| Huwelijk: | 12 Jan 1922 | Zeist |