Ludwig Johann Franz Horvath
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| Geboren: | 5 MRT 1914 | Weenen, Oostenrijk |
| Beroep: | kantoorbediende | |
| Aantekeningen: | Naturalisatie van Herman Joseph Basten en 21 anderen. 29 December 1936 9. Ludwig Johann Franz Horvath, geboren te Weenen (Oostenrijk) den 5 Maart 1914, kantoorbediende, wonende te Almelo, provincie Overijssel; Last Name: Horvath First Name: Ludwig Johann Franz Alias: WIEK Date of Birth: 05/03/1914 Date of death: 13/03/1991 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: TEACHER Organization/ Religious order: LO - Landelijke Organisatie Place during the war: Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Almelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Supplying basic goods Arranging shelter File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/4703) Ludwig (Wiek) Horvath was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and arrived in the Netherlands in 1921. He received a diploma in business correspondence and a grade-two secondary school teaching certificate in English Around 1934, he found a job in the offices of a small Jewish textile plant, Kolthoff, in Almelo, Overijssel. A few years later, he became a naturalized Dutch citizen. After the German invasion the factory owner, Abraham Kolthoff, began looking for a non-Jewish partner to avoid losing his plant. Wiek Horvath was the right man. Abraham and his wife Helena Esther had three children, Robina, Greta and Baruch (Dick). In September 1942, when they were in danger of being deported, Wiek arranged safe houses for them with several families in Almelo. The grandmother, Rozetta Kolthoff, refused to go into hiding and went to stay with relatives in Culemborg, Gelderland, with whom she was deported. Via Kolthoff, Wiek made contact with a small Almelo group that was involved in the distribution of the illegal socialist paper de Vonk. After the deportations began, the groups chief activity was helping Jews. Wiek put his house in Almelo at the disposal of the Resistance as an emergency pick-up station. Together with others, he helped find shelter for about 40 Jews and took care of their needs, including supplying them with books to read. A distribution official obtained ration cards for them. Furthermore, a friendly plate manufacturer from Groningen printed inserts for the ration cards. In September 1942, Wiek Horvath was introduced to Captain A.F. Lancker, an important person who was setting up a sabotage group in Twente. He asked Wiek to create a core in Almelo and its vicinity. Wiek agreed and shortly afterwards became the commander of about 40 Resistance fighters spread throughout Almelo, Vriezenveen, Tubbergen, Albergen, Borne, and Bornerbroek. Wiek continued with these activities until the liberation. On September 16, 1990, Yad Vashem recognized Ludwig Johann Franz Horvath as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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