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Semmy Woortman

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Semmy Woortman was born in 1916 in Amsterdam ,but was raise as a Lutheran. She then married to her husband Joop (Johannes Theodore) Woortman in 1938. Joop would soon began to organize an underground movement ,which he would provide false papers to Jews. He would steal documents and Semmy would carry the money to get the papers. It was a very big risk

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They became very involved with this underground movement. Until one very fatal day they found out that the Germans were going to deport Jewish children to the concentration camp, they put all their efforts to save them. This was when Semmy’s journey was about to begin, were she was about to save approximately 250 children.

Fun factJoop was 11 years older than she was.

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About Semmy Woortman Before The Holocaust

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Before the Holocaust, Semmy Woortman was a leather hand bag stitcher at a factory .During her time there, someone from the communist cam to the place she was working at and asked her if she would join them in the strike against the persecution of Jews. She said how she saw horrifying things like how a mans brains were splattered on a tree. Her boss then later asked if anybody went. He didn’t report anyone.

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How She Rescued Jewish Children

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Semmy’s work began in 1941 where she helped a musician from her theater get false papers. Then she would later find foster homes and hiding places for Jewish children. Some hiding places would be in Amsterdam or further away. She would also make false papers for Jewish children that were going to get deported.Also she saved a little boy during a surprise raid, when he came into her home very scared. She hid him in her cupboard. Then later came the Germans to search her home, but while they were there she acted virulently anti-Semitic and even offered and sat down to drink tea with them. She then found out that he survived and made a family.

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Semmy’s Jewish adopted daughter and Stepdaughter

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During her time as a rescuer Semmy had a step daughter from her first husband and then adopted a Jewish daughter. There names were Hetty and Rachel. Rachel was a orphan after her parent died. When Rachel moved in she said Rachel was her maid.

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Joop(Johannes Theodore) Woortman

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Before Joop started this underground organization he was a taxi driver with many friends. But then he became part of the Dutch underground and played a leadership role in the NV .It all began in 1942 when he helped a Jewish musician secure false identity papers that worked in the same theatre as him. He started to focus on this a lot and his family soon took part of it like, Semmy her wife and his mother. He then put all his efforts on getting false papers and hiding Jewish children. He put 300 children in hiding.

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He was then arrested in 1944 and brought to Bergen-Belson concentration camp. Semmy Woortman though still carried out his mission. She made sure all of his charges received their monthly stipends and ratio coupons . Then later a year after the war, the Red Cross confirmed Joop Woortman’s tragic death in Bergen-Belson .But then he was recognized as one of the Righteous Among The Nation in 1981.

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During all these hiding period the NV (Naamloze Vennootschap) Group visit the children in hiding. He gave the parents ration card which were used to buy food and also cash money to the children's in hiding. The NV Group would visit to check on the parents if they are taking good care of the children. The children are mostly visited each month and mostly doing by a female in the NV Group. When they would transport children to Brunssum from Amsterdam, it would be mostly the female who took the children's because it would be more suspicious if a male was taking care of the children’s after the railway strike .It became almost impossible during September in 1944.

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Jaap Musch

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The NV (Naamloze Vennootschap) Group was started by Jaap Musch when he was 13 years old because he wanted to help Jewish children for his religion. He convinced his friend and brother to join. Their names were Dick Groenwegen and Gerard Musch. Then later they met with Joop and Semmy Woortman. This was how it was formed and ended up being a day care center and declared their names to be NV a anonymous group. He then was arrested and deported to Ommen camp and their he was tortured to death

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People that the NV Group gave the children's to

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In the NV group they would send Jewish children to Dutch people like in this picture it shows a Dutch women caring for her Jewish child that was about to get deported and was sent to her to take care of this Jewish toddler. Some people took the risk to care for Jewish children when they knew there would be consequences to there actions.

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Curator Information

Analley M. and Mariah Y.

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