Willem van der Hoop

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Cornelis van der Hoop
Moeder: Akke Oostenveld
Geboren: 18 Feb 1921
Overleden: 18 Juli 2009
Aantekeningen: Last Name: Hoop van der
First Name: Willem
Date of Birth: 18/02/1921
Rescuer's fate: survived
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: PLUMBER
Place during the war: Holwerd, Friesland, The Netherlands
Rescue Place: Holwerd, Friesland, The Netherlands
Rescue mode: Hiding
File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/1042)
In August 1943, after hiding in Amsterdam for a short time, seven-year-old Philip Speelman was taken to Holwerd, Friesland, by Willem van der Hoop, the eldest of the eight van der Hoop children and a Resistance activist who rescued Jewish children. Willem took Philip to his parents, Akke and Cornelis, who was a plumber in the village and whose sons later joined him in the family business. Philip became like a son to them and a brother to their other children and he was brought up modestly but well and supplied with food and clothing at no cost. After the liberation, he was reunited with his mother, the only surviving member of his family.
On April 29, 1976, Yad Vashem recognized Cornelis Willem van der Hoop, his wife, Akke van der Hoop-Oostenveld, and their son Willem van der Hoop as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Huwelijkspartner: Theodora Maria Vooren geb. 17 Apr 1926 overl. 7 Nov 1982
Huwelijk: 1951 Holwerd