Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Jacoba van Tongeren.
The record lists Jacoba van Tongeren as Dutch resistance fighter in WW II.
Jacoba van Tongeren was born at Cimahi in 1903. Her recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands.
By occupation Jacoba van Tongeren was resistance fighter and social worker - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Most rescuers said afterwards that they had done nothing remarkable. The historical record disagrees, which is the point of recording it.
Recognition: Righteous Among the Nations (1990).
Jacoba van Tongeren died in 1967, aged 64. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1990
- Worked as resistance fighter and social worker
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