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Document ID: 131950118
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Document Collection: 7-14-1 Documentation of the CLI
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#poland POB Podgorze
#holland POR; deported from
#jew
https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/130864/nachman-butterteig
video:
Wife: Frimet Klotz
https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/130863/frimet-butterteig-klotz
Son: Josef Butterteig
Son: Jacques Butterteig (survived)
At the beginning of 1943, Jaques was taken to the family of
Simon and Annie Spinder in Treebeek. In 1944, Jaques was
brought to the family of Albert Koops and Aukje Koops-Hoks
and their three children in Brunssum, because the neighbours
of the family Spinder were suspected of collaborating with the
Nazis. Just like the Spinders, the Koops family was a Protestant
family in a predominantly Catholic environment. They believed
that their Christian faith demands to help people who were
persecuted. Arie van Mansum continued to support Jaques and
the Koops with meal tickets and other necessities until he
himself was arrested. His work was continued by his sister.
Jaques found shelter at the Koops’ until September 1944
(Liberation of the Netherlands). In 1969, Koops were honoured
with the title Righteous Among the Nations by the Yadvashem
Centre in Isreal. Yizhak Nir (formerly Jaques Butterteig) himself
initiated the honouring process after moving to Isreal, where
he still lives.