Hey Adriaan & Hendrika (Surname unknown)

Hey, Adriaan & Hendrika Adriaan Hey was active in the underground in Oosterbeek, Gelderland, and was a friend of the physician Dr. Eise Jongsma*, who secretly treated a Jewish family hidden in the Heys’ home. The Heys were a young couple with a three-year-old son named Adri. The hidden family stayed with them for over two years, until September 1944, when the family was evacuated after the Battle of Arnhem. In August 1942, also the Siegel family of Arnhem---Salomon and Emilie and their children, Paul Werner, Margot, and Ruth---had been looking for a hideout. Through their family physician, Jongsma, they were taken to the Heys’ home for help. Adriaan found them shelter with two women, Sophie Moolenaar* and Marigje van Winkelhof*, in Wolfheze, Gelderland. The Siegels hid there for two and a half years and during this time Adriaan and his wife, using the name Donkelaar, kept in close touch with the Siegels and provided them with food coupons and other necessary items and with news about their daughters, who were hidden in nearby Otterloo. Initially, the Siegels reimbursed Adriaan for his expenses but, as money ran out over time, he purchased everything at his own expense. Often, at great risk to his life, Adriaan cycled to Wolfheze to check on the Siegels. Over and above this, the Heys sent food and clothing packages to the Siegels’ son, Paul Werner (later Shaul Sagiv), who had been arrested and was interned in the Westerbork transit camp. In addition, Adriaan and Hendrika cycled to the camp twice during the 15 months that Paul was there, entered the camp enclosure at great risk, and offered to take Paul back with them. During the war, the Heys also visited Paul’s two sisters, who were hidden nearby, and supplied them with coupons and moral support. On March 15, 1966, Yad Vashem recognized Adriaan Hey and his wife, Hendrika Hey, as Righteous Among the Nations.