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Buchter, Leventina "Tina"

Date of birth:
May 19th, 1920 (Amsterdam/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
February 27th, 2012 (Rye/New York, United States)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Tineke 'Tina' Buchter was born the son of Alphonse Buchter and Marie Buchter-Schotte. She studied medicine and, together with her mother and grandmother, hid more than 100 people in hiding during World War II. These stayed for short periods of time, with a maximum of five at a time in the residence at 282 Nieuwezijdse Voorburgwal in Amsterdam. As a member of the resistance, she also transported radios, forged identity cards and food stamps, arranged hiding addresses, and hid weapons. After World War II, she and her husband Eric Strobos moved to the United States, where the couple divorced in 1964.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1989
Yad Vashem-decoration

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