Jacoba van Tongeren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacoba van Tongeren

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1903

Place of Birth: Cimahi, Indonesia

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1967

Profession: resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jacoba van Tongeren (Tjimahi near Bandung, Dutch East Indies) 14 October 1903 – Bergen (The Netherlands), 15 September 1967) was a resistance fighter, the founder and leader of Group 2000, a resistance group during the Second World War.
Jacoba van Tongeren is the only woman to have created and led a resistance group during the war.
In 1990, Yad Vashem honoured Jacoba van Tongeren as Righteous Among the Nations.