Antje van Velsen

Geslacht: Vrouw
Vader: Hermanus Mattheus van Velsen
Moeder: Antje Cramer
Geboren: 27 Nov 1913 Amsterdam
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Hoek van der
First Name: Antje
Maiden Name: Velsen van
Date of Birth: 27/11/1913
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Female
Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1437)
When the Allies invaded France and the Germans increased their state of alert in the coastal areas, Max and Eduard Cohen were forced the leave the Herkes* family in Haarlem, North Holland, for a safer hiding place in Amsterdam. The family with whom they were placed treated them so badly that they ran away and went temporarily to their niece and her husband, the Stuivers, Jews who were also active members of the underground. The Stuivers found a hiding place for Max with Theodorus and Antje van der Hoek. Although Max only stayed with them from February 1945 until the liberation, it was the most difficult period of the entire war because there was no food and people were starving. However, Theodorus and Antje shared their last morsels with Max, treating him extremely well.
On September 21, 1978, Yad Vashem recognized Theodorus van der Hoek and his wife, Antje van der Hoek-van Velsen, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Theodorus Philippus van der Hoek geb. 14 Nov 1909 overl. 21 Dec 1988
Huwelijk: 1 Feb 1939 Amsterdam