Gerritdina Benders-Letteboer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerritdina Benders-Letteboer

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1980

Profession: resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gerritdina Benders-Letteboer (1909–1980) was a member of the Dutch Resistance, who actively protected multiple Dutch Jewish citizens from Nazi persecution and deportation during World War II.
Posthumously declared with her husband, Johan Benders (1907–1943), to be Righteous Among the Nations on March 27, 1997 by Yad Vashem, she and her husband were also honored by The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation, which placed their names on their “List of Dutch Saviors.”Alternative spellings of her maiden name, "Letteboer" and "Letterboer", have been used in primary sources and other materials.