Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Annie Romein-Verschoor.
The record lists Annie Romein-Verschoor as Dutch historian, editor (1895–1978).
Annie Romein-Verschoor was born at Nijmegen in 1895. Her recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands. She was educated at Leiden University.
By occupation Annie Romein-Verschoor was writer, historian and women's rights activist - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Yad Vashem's criteria are strict: the rescuer must have risked their life, liberty or position, and must have sought no payment. That is why the title carries the weight it does.
Recognition: Constantijn Huygens Prize (1970), Prose prize of the City of Amsterdam (1948) and Righteous Among the Nations (2011).
Annie Romein-Verschoor died in 1978, aged 83. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Constantijn Huygens Prize — 1970
- Prose prize of the City of Amsterdam — 1948
- Righteous Among the Nations — 2011
- Worked as writer, historian and women's rights activist
- Educated at Leiden University
