Date of birth:

January 8th, 1914 (Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

June 17th, 1988 (Schiedam, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

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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.

• 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