Righteous unto the nations

The Van Zutphen Family
Jan and his wife Dinnie had a personal
association with the Deen family especially
Marianna and Levie (Lou) Deen. They
were good friends before and after the War.
It was the strength of this friendship that
undoubtedly facilitated the hiding and
eventual return of many of the Deen family.
From anecdotal information, and confirmed
by Erica, Jan van Zutphen facilitated the link
to the Dutch underground by association
with the Keers Family and subsequent rescue
arrangements.
Bernardina (Dinnie) van Zutphen
Oom Jan van Zutphen
Johannes Andries van Zutphen was
born in Utrecht on 7 October 1863 and
died in Hilversum on 7 June 1958. On
10 February 1887, he married Emmetje
Lamme with whom he had two daughters
and two sons.
Emmetje passed away from Tuberculosis
(TB) on the 1st May 1911, and he remarried
on 17 December 1919 to Bernardina
(Dinnie) Johanna Greger and they had a
daughter and a son.
Dinnie and Jan van Zutphen on the occasion of
their 60th wedding anniversary that was attended
by Queen of the Netherlands
Before, during and after the War
Jan van Zutphen’s family lived at 50
Loosdrechtseweg, Hilversum.
Early in July 1942 papers to report to German
Work camps (extermination camps) were
issued to the Deen family. Four out of six of
Levie and Marianna Deen’s children were
issued papers to report to Amsterdam and
then transport to Germany via Westerbork.
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©2013 Edited and compiled by Martin Moen, Perth, Western Australia.