Eimert Hulsbos

Geslacht:	Man
Vader:	Jan Hulsbos
Moeder:	Jorina Weststeijn
Geboren:	17 Feb 1894	Haarlemmermeer
Overleden:	26 Jan 1957	Zoeterwoude
Beroep:		timmerman
Aantekeningen:	Last Name: Hulsbos First Name: Eimert Date of Birth: 17/02/1894 Date of death: 26/01/1957 Rescuer's fate: survived Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Religion: CHRISTIAN CALVINIST Gender: Male Profession: CARPENTER Place during the war: Zoeterwoude, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Zoeterwoude, Zuidholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Hiding File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/12129) Date of Recognition: 21/06/2011 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor: Wall of Honor Ceremony organized by Israeli diplomatic delegation in: The Hague, Netherlands Alexander Salomons (b. 1909) and his wife Annie (née van Strien, b. 1913) lived in the town of Winschoten in the northern province of Groningen with their two small sons, Arnold (b. 1935) and Max Simon (b. 1937). With the increasing anti-Jewish measures, the family moved to Amsterdam in August 1942 to live with friends. Their intention was to flee from there to Switzerland; however, without the children whom they entrusted to members of an underground movement, in order for them to find hiding addresses. Max Simon was initially taken to the farm of the Bogaard* family, where he stayed from October 1942 until March 1943, when the Germans raided the farm. Although he was not discovered, he was immediately moved by an underground cell to Eimer and Sophia Hulsbos in the village of Zoeterwoude (prov. South-Holland). Eimer and Sophia had six children and were strict Calvinists. They had actually indicated their willingness to take in a baby, but when they saw the by then six-year-old Max Simon in front of their door, they welcomed him in. As Eimer was a carpenter, he prepared two hiding places in his home, between floors, for both Max as well as for his own older sons, who had refused to report for forced labor in Germany (Arbeitseinsatz). These places had to be used a number of times, when the Hulsbos family faced a number of unannounced house searches. Luckily, no one was ever detected. Max Simon soon called Eimer and Sophia "uncle and aunt" and felt loved by all in spite of the daily danger involved. He was allowed to stay on with them also during the infamous Hungerwinter, when food supplies to the western parts of the country were cut off by the German forces. Even though there was hardly anything to eat for the Hulsbos family itself, they kept Max with them. He stayed on for nearly two years until the liberation of the area in May, 1945. After the war it turned out that his parents had been caught in Belgium in September 1942 and deported to Auschwitz, where they were both murdered. Son Arnold was caught at his hiding address, also deported to Auschwitz and murdered in March 1944. After the war, an uncle located Max Simon at the Hulsbos family, with the help of the Red Cross, and became his legal guardian. Each vacation he would stay for some weeks with the Hulsbos family until he immigrated to Israel in 1951. Contact with the Hulsbos family continued. On June 21, 2011, Yad Vashem recognized Eimer Hulsbos and Sophia Hulsbos-Marbus as Righteous Among the Nations

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Huwelijkspartner:	Sophia Marbus	geb. 5 Juni 1896 overl. 29 Apr 1983
Huwelijk:	29 Dec 1919	Oegstgeest