Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer

Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer (21 April 1896, in Alkmaar – 30 August 1978, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch resistance fighter who brought Jewish children and adults into safety before and during the Second World War. Together with other people involved in the pre-war Kindertransport, she saved the lives of more than 10,000 Jewish children, fleeing anti-Semitism. She was honored as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem. After the war she served on the Amsterdam city council.

Righteous
Among the Nations
  • The Holocaust
  • Rescuers of Jews
  • Righteousness
  • Seven Laws of Noah
  • Yad Vashem
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  • Austrian
  • Croatian
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Lithuanian
  • Norwegian
  • Polish (list)
  • Romanian
  • Serbian
  • Ukrainian
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