Hendrika Gerritsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hendrika Gerritsen

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1921

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1990

Profession: resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hendrika Jacoba "Kiky" Gerritsen-Heinsius (1921–1990) was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations on 15 September 1989, and was also awarded the Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross) by the Dutch government.A member of the Dutch Resistance who actively helped Dutch men and women escape Nazi persecution, she survived imprisonment at three Nazi concentration camps – Herzogenbusch (Vught) in the Netherlands and Ravensbrück and Dachau in Germany, as well as the harsh working conditions of the Munich-Giesing satellite camp known as Agfa-Commando, becoming one of those liberated from Dachau at the end of April, 1945.She was known to family and friends as "Kiky".