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• Zij is geboren op 21 april 1894 in Tilburg, NB Netherlands.Bron 1
• Beroep: Teacher.
• Geloof: Roman Catholic.
• Woonachtig in het jaar 1977: Indigolaan 96, Tilburg.
• Zij is overleden op 19 december 1981 in Tilburg, NB Netherlands, zij was toen 87 jaar oud.Bron 1
• Een kind van Arnold Francois Joseph Schijns en Louisa Gerardina Broekhans
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 19 september 2022.

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Antoinette (Net) Marie Joseph Schijns was born in Tilburg on 21 April 1894. Net was the third in a family of six children. In 1910, Net went to the Ursuline convent in Venray for a period. She stayed there several times between 1914 and 1916 as well. During the First World War, the Schijns family took in various Belgian refugees. They even give up their own beds. In addition, they had billeted officers from the Dutch army.

In the 1920s, Net was active in the student association Sint Leonardus. She then studied at the RK Leergangen in Tilburg to become a teacher. In 1924, together with sister Miet, she helped organise a "literary course" given by Dr Moller. After her training, she went to work at the Sint Anna school on Korvelseweg in Tilburg.

During World War II, she and her sister Miet took care of people in hiding and opened their house for other resistance activities. When the Germans invade the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, the Schijns sisters are prepared. The basement is already set up and as soon as the air raid sirens go off, they retreat there. The people from the neighborhood come to shelter with the Schijns family. In the first days of the war, several acquaintances of the family are affected by acts of war. They receive a hospitable reception in the Schijns house. A place to sleep is arranged for everyone and food is cooked. When the bombings stop, Net observes that she has overcome her fear of thunderstorms after all those bombings.

In March 1942, the Schijns sisters received a request from Jan Donders to take in two French prisoners of war who had fled from Germany for one night. They are currently working on a renovation, but they are doing their best to make the guest room habitable as soon as possible. It concerns the French prisoners of war Marcel Vigoureux and Henry Vilmet. The next day they are picked up again and brought to Belgium. After the war, Net and Miet Schijns were nominated for a French decoration for this act. During 1942, people were already staying overnight at the Schijnsen who better not sleep at home for a while, for example to escape the Arbeitseinsatz.

In the spring of 1943 a resistance group was formed, which included the Schijns sisters. In 1944 people come and go looking for a hiding place with the Schijns sisters. In November 1944, 800 evacuees had to be accommodated in their parish. After consulting with sister Miet, it was decided that they would also take in a child, but in the end it was not necessary. Net put much of her spare time into this work. She was often on the road until late at night after her work as a teacher.

In December 1944, Net, like her sister Miet, joined a group of former resistance fighters. She later joined GOIWN (Vereniging Gemeenschap Oud Illegale Werkers Nederland). For her help, she received a 'grade 5' award after the war. This award was given to people who had had direct contact with a pilot and helped him, for instance by providing him with shelter for at least one night.

In 1977, she and her sister moved to Indigolaan 96 B, in Tilburg. Net died there on 19 December 1981, aged eighty-seven. Her funeral card remembers her as a happy woman, who was always in good spirits and had a good sense of humour.

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