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Johan Benders

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Johan Benders (July 1, 1907 in Bloemendaal April 6, 1943 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch teacher at the
Amsterdams Lyceum, who encouraged his students to manufacture false identification papers and food ration
cards for Jews in order to help them escape persecution by the occupying Nazi Germany.[1] His wife, Gerritdina
Letteboer, and he sheltered Jews in their home. In 1943, however, they were betrayed by a neighbor and Johan
was arrested by Gestapo. In prison, he was tortured. Johan Benders had tried to commit suicide but failed twice.
On April 6, he jumped from the third floor of the prison he was held in, to avoid giving information under
torture. Johan and Gerritdina took in Rosalie and Katie Wijnberg, Lore Polak, another Jewish girl and Jan
Doedens.
On March 27, 1997, Yad Vashem recognized Johan Benders and Gerritdina Letteboer as Righteous Among the
Nations.
In Amsterdam, there is a street named after him.

References

1. Fiore, Michaelle. "Johan Bender". The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.

Further reading

Glossary of Names and Commonly Used Terms (http://www.holocaustcenter.org

/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=10005) from the Holocaust Memorial
Center. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
The Righteous Among the Nations: The Netherlands (http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous
/statistics/netherlands.pdf) from Yad Vashem. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
Johan Benders (http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=4038894) his
activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website

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