Johan van Hulst
(1911-2018)
Righteous Among the Nations
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Johan Willem van Hulst (28 January 1911 – 22 March 2018) was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician and chess player. In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam, he was instrumental in saving over 600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg who were destined for deportation to Nazi concentration camps. For his humanitarian actions he received the Yad Vashem distinction Righteous Among the Nations from the State of Israel in 1973.
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28 January 1911 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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22 March 2018 (aged 107) Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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