The exploits of Hanna van de Voort during the Second World War are far from being forgotten in Tienray. Decades later, memories of her are still visible in the village.
The resistance fighter, known as Aunt Hanna, provided hiding places for Jewish children during the war years. As a result, more than 100 Jewish children managed to avoid the road to extermination camps.
Children from Amsterdam
Through her work as a maternity nurse, Hanna was able to make contact with families, so that children in several villages in the north of the province had shelter. It mainly concerned children who were smuggled away from the Hollandsche Schouwburg in Amsterdam, a place where Jews were gathered for deportation.
Statue and square
Hanna died on July 26, 1956. There is a statue of three children in Tienray in memory of the resistance woman who helped children go into hiding. There is also a square named after her.
Contact with woman in hiding
The resistance hero is also commemorated in the Sorghvliet museum of the 87-year-old Wiel Nabben. Nabben is still in contact with a Jewish woman who was hiding in Tienray at the time. She is now 85 years old and lives in Jerusalem.