Kikkert Hendrik & Griet (Pol)

Kikkert, Hendrik & Griet (Pol) Hendrik and Griet Kikkert were farmers in Nieuwlande, Drenthe, where Johannes Post*, Arnold Douwes*, and Max (Nico) Leons were leading an especially active underground movement. Nieuwlande itself had no indigenous Jews, but many Jews from Amsterdam found refuge in the village during the war. One of those fugitives, Lou Gans, was hidden by Hendrik and Griet Kikkert after being hidden by the Dekkers* and before being relocated to the Ottens*. The Kikkerts eventually had to go into hiding themselves after learning that the Gestapo was searching for them. Hendrik was related to the other Hendrik Kikkert*, who was also active in the Nieuwlande-based underground movement. On August,15, 1974, Yad Vashem recognized Hendrik Kikkert and his wife, Griet Kikkert-Pol, as Righteous Among the Nations.