Follow up material provided by Jan Baakaman
Dear Reader,
I found the interesting stories of Herbert Klaber (probably submitted by his son Neil) on your website. You might be interested in other material that supports his story of his hiding during the war at a farm house in the Netherlands. I have written a book (unfortunately in Dutch, titled Tegendraads) about the farmer who gave shelter for maybe 20 jews in total. I could send you a pdf of a recommendation, written by Herbert Klaber to Yad Vashem to honour the farmer and his wife as Righteous among the Nations.
Kind regards, Jan Braakman
Documents below are all in PDF format.
The letter, written by Herbert Klaber to Yad Vashem, in April 1985. (from the Archives of Yad Vashem).
A letter written by Jenny Heilbron-Mogendorff to Yad Vashem, mentioning Nr H. Klaber as one of the people hidden at the farm of the Lievestro's (from the Archives of Yad Vashem).
A page of the book Righteous among the Nations, recognizing Drikus and Dina Lievestro as Righteous Among the Nations (note that Herbert Klaber's name incorrectly is written as Henk Klaber).
Herbert Klaber letter
Jenny Heilbron-Mogendorff letter
On January 27, 1986,Yad Vashem recognized Hendrihus Lieuestrland his wife, Dina Lieuestro-Kreefienberags, Righteous Among the Nations..
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About Jan Braakman's book:
My book is titled Tegendraads (Against the Grain), based on the character of Drikus Lievestro. Drikus was a farmer and a poacher. He went out at night to catch game like hares, rabbits, pheasants, roe et cetera.
This habit was usefull during the war to feed all the (up to 20) people who were illegally hidden at his farm. Drikus turned out te be rather courageous, but sometimes indifferent too.
After the war he had a formal permit to hunt - during certain periods in a specific area. But he went out to forbidden areas during forbidden periods to find his prey. On November 9 1949 the police took him in the very act and shot him and his son. Both Lievestro's were killed in the incident, which caused an outrage among the local population. Many people, among them Jews whose lives were saved by the Lievestro's attended the funeral.
The incident was never followed up in court. The policeman was transfered to another district. He picked up his career and ended as a local chief of police in a village in the northern part of the Netherlands.
The book contains the stories of two of the Jewish people who found shelter at the Lievestro farm: Beppie Gazan, a young Amsterdam girl - and Herbert Klaber, a youngster from Germany.
Title: Tegendraads
Author: Jan Braakman
Publisher: Fagus Uitgeverij, Aalten, Netherlands
112 pages
ISBN 978 90 78202370
Language: Dutch
Price € 23,70 (Book €12,95 plus shipping to US : € 10,75)
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