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Yme Holwerda

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Yme Holwerda

Birth
Friesland, Netherlands
Death
4 Jul 1984 (aged 66)
Israel
Burial
Dokkum, Dongeradeel Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands GPS-Latitude: 53.378839, Longitude: 6.0532154
Memorial ID
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Foster father of Simona van der Linde. Kept her in the Underground until the end of the WW II. He & his wife saved lives of Jews in hiding from the Nazis at risk of their own lives.

Yme & Hilly were honored as "The Righteous Among Nations." They rescued 2244 Jews during the Holocaust, at great risk to themselves.
Foster father of Simona van der Linde. Kept her in the Underground until the end of the WW II. He & his wife saved lives of Jews in hiding from the Nazis at risk of their own lives.

Yme & Hilly were honored as "The Righteous Among Nations." They rescued 2244 Jews during the Holocaust, at great risk to themselves.

Inscription

IN DANKBAAR GEDENKEN AAN
MIJN INNIG GELIEFDE MAN
ONZE HEIT EN PAKE

"TOT EENS...ALS DE BAZUIN ZAL KLINKEN"

Translation:
In great memory of my beloved husband.
"Until when the trumpet shall sound."



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