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Ekelenburg- van der Mast, van, Lientje

Date of birth:
January 8th, 1914 (Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
June 17th, 1988 (Schiedam, the Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1983
The Yad Vashem was given to Dirk and Lientje van Ekelenburg-van der Mast for their help, with danger for their own lives, to Jewish fellow people during the Holocaust of 1940-1945.

The award was given on January 25th 1985 by the Isrelian Ambassador in the Netherlands.
Yad Vashem-decoration

Sources

  • Photo 1: Hans van Ekelenburg
  • - Gutman I., Rechtvaardigen onder de Volkeren, Nederlanders met een Yad Vashem-onderscheiding voor hulp aan Joden, Uitgeverij L.J. Veen, NIOD, Amsterdam, Antwerpen, 2002

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