Dirk Hoogenboom

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Pieter Hoogenboom
Moeder:	Jorina van Dijk
Geboren:	9 Dec 1888	Oud-Beijerland
Overleden:	1945
Aantekeningen:	Overleden tussen Buchenwald Duitsland en Theresienstadt Tsjecho-Slowakije Last Name: Hoogenboom First Name: Dirk Date of Birth: 09/12/1888 Date of death: 01/04/1945 Rescuer's fate: murdered ; camp inmate Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: MAYOR Organization/ Religious order: LO - Landelijke Organisatie Place during the war: Aartswoud, Noordholland, The Netherlands ; Vught, Camp, The Netherlands ; Oranienburg, Camp, Germany ; Buchenwald, Camp, Germany Rescue Place: Aartswoud, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/7402) Dirk Hoogenboom was burgomaster of Hoogwoud, North Holland, a community embracing several villages, including Aartswoud, where Dirk lived with his wife and daughter. He began resisting the Germans early on in the occupation, setting up an illegal newspaper, Je Maintiendrai. He also became involved in the LO and all its activities, which included hiding people. Floor Kuiper, a carpenter, built a special hiding place in the Hoogenbooms’ home, converting a built-in bed, common in rural Holland, into a cupboard. He then removed a few shelves so that there was enough space for someone to hide. Dirk first hid the non-Jewish mayor of another town and then, from February 20, 1943 on, he sheltered Selma Hertogs-de Winter and her husband, Hugo. The couple occupied a room on the second floor. Besides the family, only those who worked in the house knew of their presence. Selma’s sister came once a month to bring her sister and brother-in-law clean laundry. On June 22, 1944, while Dirk was at work, his house was raided. Dirk’s wife was ordered to tell her husband to come home. Dirk was warned that he should go into hiding, but he was worried about his family and so he returned home and was arrested together with the Hertogses. The Hertogses were deported to Bergen-Belsen and only Selma survived. Hugo died in Tröbitz. Dirk Hoogenboom was sent to Vught then to Oranienburg, and later to Buchenwald, and died on a train from Buchenwald to Theresienstadt between April 20 and April 22. On December 16, 1996, Yad Vashem recognized Dirk Hoogenboom as Righteous Among the Nations.

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