Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk

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Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk
Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk in 1943
Born(1924-04-02)2 April 1924
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died14 June 2020(2020-06-14) (aged 96)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupationresistance figure
AwardsB'nai B'rith-certificate Jewish Rescuers Citation

Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk (2 April 1924 – 14 June 2020) was a Dutch resistance member.[1]

Oudkerk was the last living staff member of the illustrious nursery opposite the

Holocaust.[3] Betty was present at many meetings in the Joods Cultureel Kwartier, at the opening of the Nationaal Holocaust Museum, and at lectures and commemorations in the Hollandsche Schouwburg. In 2019 Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk laid a wreath during the Remembrance of the Dead at Dam Square.[2]

She was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of Henriette Hamburger-Monnickendam and Leendert Oudkerk.[4] During the war, Goudsmit-Oudkerk lost her mother, grandmother and two brothers.[2] After the war she married Bram Goudsmit and had five children with him.[3] Goudsmit-Oudkerk died on 14 June 2020, aged 96.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Hanneloes Pen. "Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk (1924-2020) redde honderden Joodse kinderen van deportatie | Amsterdam". AD.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Verzetsstrijdster Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk overleden". NOS. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. ^ a b c "In memoriam: Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk (1924-2020) - Joods Cultureel Kwartier". jck.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  4. ^ "In memoriam: Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk (1924-2020) - Joods Cultureel Kwartier". jck.nl.
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