Klaaske Zuidema

Geslacht:	Vrouw
Vader:	Anne Zuidema
Moeder:	Tjitske Sjoerdstra
Geboren:	14 MEI 1918	Engwierum, Oostdongeradeel
Overleden:	31 OKT 2003
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Hoekstra First Name: Klaaske Maiden Name: Zuidema Date of Birth: 14/05/1918 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Female Place during the war: Engwierum, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Engwierum, Friesland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/2747) Three days after the big razzia in Amsterdam on June 20, 1943, an anonymous Resistance worker, “Tante Liesje,” took a Jewish boy named Robert Jaap Meijer to Friesland. He stayed at various addresses for the first year, among them the Hiemstras* of Ternaard and the family of Frans van der Heide*, who lived in the village of Ferwerd, Friesland. In July 1944, he was taken to Sijbe and Klaaske Hoekstra's home in Engwierum in northeast Friesland, under the name Robbie van Zijl. The Hoekstras, a young couple expecting their first child, were very kind to ten-year-old Robert. He lived a normal life in Engwierum, going to school and attending church on Sundays. He stayed with the family until January 1945, when his own parents, who were hidden in a priest’s house in nearby Groningen, found him and took him back. The Hoekstras never accepted payment for looking after Robert. Sijbe was deeply involved in Resistance work and a member of the NBS (Nederlandse Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten). He helped with arms drops and hid guns and ammunition in his home. It was only after the war that Robert realized that he often slept next to a large pile of guns hidden under the floor of his bedroom. On January 12, 1984, Yad Vashem recognized Sijbe Hoekstra and his wife, Klaaske Hoekstra-Zuidema, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner:	Sijbe Hoekstra	geb. 30 Juni 1916 overl. 27 Feb 1991
Huwelijk:	30 Juni 1942	Oostdongeradeel