They saved Jews from the Nazis. Eighty years later, two Dutch-Canadian couples named among the 'righteous'

Hendrik and Frederika Veldboom, alongside Eimericus and Anna Maria Tijssen, were posthumously honored as Righteous Among the Nations for their bravery in hiding Jews during the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Holland. Their actions, celebrated in a Toronto ceremony, highlight the profound risks they took, contrasting with Canada’s inadequate response to Jewish refugees at the time.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: Hendrik and Frederika Veldboom were recognized posthumously as Righteous Among the Nations for their bravery in hiding a Jewish couple and rescuing their newborn son during the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Holland.

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