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Dutch Righteous Among the Nations

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Miep Gies
Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank (1909–2010)
Corrie ten Boom
Dutch resistance hero and writer
Hannie Schaft
Dutch communist resistance fighter and martyr (1920–1945)
Willem Johan Kolff
Dutch medical researcher (1911–2009)
Frits Philips
Dutch entrepreneur (1905–2005)
Bep Voskuijl
Dutch person who hid Anne Frank (1919–1983)
Jan Gies
Dutch Resistance member; Dutch Righteous Among the Nations; World War II humanitarian (1905–1993)
Nieuwlande
Nieuwlande (Dutch Low Saxon: Neilaande) is a Dutch village located in the north-eastern province of Drenthe situated in the municipality of Hoogeveen. The population, as of 2023 is 1419. Nieuwlande is one of only two villages in the world that collectively received the Righteous Among the Nations award for its Holocaust Rescue story where nearly all of the town's residents hid and saved the lives of hundreds of Jews as well as resistance fighters and German deserters during World War II.
Johan van Hulst
Dutch politician, professor and teacher (1911–2018)
Johannes Kleiman
Concealer of Anne Frank (1896-1959)
Willem Arondeus
Dutch painter, writer and member of the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance (1894-1943)
Walraven van Hall
Dutch banker and resistance leader (1906-1945)
Marion Pritchard
Dutch-American social worker (1920-2016)
Willem Sandberg
Dutch graphic designer (1897-1984)
Godfried Bomans
Dutch writer (1913-1971)
Tina Strobos
Dutch physician and psychiatrist; rescuer of Holocaust refugees, named one of the Righteous Among the Nations (1920–2012)
Gertruida Wijsmuller-Meier
Dutch Righteous Among the Nations (1896-1978)
Betsie ten Boom
Dutch concentration camp victim (1885–1944)
Annie Romein-Verschoor
Dutch historian, editor (1895–1978)
Mien Ruys
Dutch landscape and garden architect (1904-1999)
Jan Zwartendijk
Jan Zwartendijk was a Dutch businessman and diplomat who helped Jews escape Lithuania during World War II (1896–1976)
Casper ten Boom
Dutch Righteous Among the Nations (1859-1944)
Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot
Dutch journalist and economist (1897-1989)
Joop Westerweel
Dutch resistance member (1899-1944)
Johan Hendrik Weidner
Dutch World War II hero (1912–1994)
Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus
Dutch academic (1880-1960)
Truus Menger-Oversteegen
Dutch sculptor, painter, and wartime resistance fighter (1923–2016)
Jan Romein
Dutch historian (1893–1962)
Gerrit van der Veen
Dutch sculptor and resistance fighter (1902-1944)
Alida Bosshardt
Dutch Righteous Among the Nations (1913-2007)
Gisèle van Waterschoot van der Gracht
Dutch artist, publisher and painter (1912-2013)
Hetty Voûte
Dutch resistance fighter (1918-1999)
Johannes Post
Dutch politician (1906-1944)
Nicolette Bruining
Dutch theologian (1886–1963)
Aat Breur-Hibma
Dutch painter and resistance fighter (1913-2002)
Jaap Penraat
Dutch architect (1918-2006)
Henk Zenoli
Dutch resistance member and Righteous Among the Nations
Kiky Gerritsen-Heinsius
Dutch resistance fighter
Jan Van Hulst
Dutch resistance member (1903–1975)
Ru Paré
former Dutch resistance member and visual artist (1896–1972)
Dirk Boonstra
a police commander for the village of Grijpskerk in the Netherlands during World War II.