William Arnold Egger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Arnold Egger

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1900

Place of Birth: Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1989

Profession: resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About William Arnold Egger

  • William Arnold Egger (24 February 1900 – 2 March 1989) was a Surinamese resistance fighter in the Netherlands during the Second World War. Born in Paramaribo, Egger was the grandson of a slave.
  • He moved to the Netherlands to pursue his education, where he married Engelina Jas, a Dutch Jewish woman.
  • During the Second World War, the Eggers hid 12 Jewish people in the cellar of the home, but the couple was betrayed to the Nazis.
  • Egger and his wife were sent to concentration camps and survived their incarceration, but the Jews they sheltered did not.
  • In 2014, Egger was posthumously by Israel's Yad Vashem with the honor of Righteous among the Nations.

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