NHA Haarlem akte 50
Militieregisters.nl. Goedgekeurd maar vrijgesteld wegens broederdienst. Lengte 1,661 m.
Yad Vashem, Righteous Among the Nations
ELO 132.1.06 invnr 71 akte 2, 50jr. oud, relatie Teuntje Maat
He is married to Teuntje Maat.
They got married on April 28, 1932 at Uithoorn , he was 26 years old.
NHA Haarlem akte 7
Child(ren):
Liebeton FAMILY
Liebeton Hendrik (1905 - 1956 )
Liebeton Teuntje (1911 - ? ), WIFERescue Story
Liebeton, Hendrik & Teuntje (Maat)
The Meijers, Jewish cattle dealers, lived in Leiden, South Holland. One of Mr. Meijer’s customers, Hendrik (Henk) Liebeton of Leimuiden, assured him that if the persecution of the Jews intensified, Mr. Meijer and his family could rely on his help. In mid-1942, when Mr. Meijer and his adult sons were called up to labor camps, Mr. Meijer sent his son Hartog to Henk to find out if his proposal still stood. Hartog was welcomed with the words: “Where are you? The beds are ready!” Thus, the Meijers, apart from one family member who hid elsewhere, moved in with the Liebetons. (Hartog tried to escape to Switzerland but was caught and sent to Vught. He managed to escape and he too later joined his parents.) The Meijers hid in the attic of the Liebetons’ home. There were no financial arrangements made between the families but the Meijers regularly contributed towards the cost of food. The Liebetons acted out of humanitarian convictions and opposition to the assault on the rights and freedom of their fellow Dutch citizens. After awhile, Mr. Meijer became concerned about his 80-year-old father and Henk agreed that he and his Jewish housekeeper could also move into his home. Thus, there were seven Jews hidden in the Liebetons’ home and they decided that this was a dangerously large number and that the fugitives should be split up. The daughter, Gerda, her grandfather, and his housekeeper stayed with Henk and Teuntje and the others moved elsewhere. About ten months later, in August 1943, the remaining people hidden in the Liebetons’ home had to move out until the following June because they were betrayed. The entire Meijer family survived the war and they ascribed their survival to the Liebeton family, the only family in the town that had been willing to hide Jews from as early as 1942.On May 26, 1983, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Liebeton and his wife, Teuntje Liebeton-Maat, as Righteous Among the Nations.
File number M.31.2/2567