Kreiken Eva (Kerkhoven); Son: Johannes

Kreiken, Eva (Kerkhoven) & Johannes Fieke Wolff had been hidden in seven hiding places in the west of Holland before she arrived at the Jacobs* family in Heerlen, Limburg. However, she was nearly caught and so she moved to the Kreikens, whom she met through her sister, Jet, who had worked for them for a while at the beginning of the war. Fieke also worked for the family as a maid, for which she was paid. Eva Kreiken lived in Heerlen with her two children most of the time; her husband, Julius, worked in Valkenburg. As a doctor, he was allowed to drive a car and he used this privilege to distribute ration cards to Jews, among other things, and to drive stranded Allied pilots to the Belgian border. For this, the American Ambassador honored him after the war. During the war, Eva also sheltered Max Neeter as well as Maurits Veldman, who was mainly hiding with Wilhelmine Veenenbos* but would come to the Kreikens in times of danger. Both young men were treated very well and Eva did not receive any money for looking after them. The American army liberated them on September 17, 1944. Before Fieke arrived at the Kreikens, they had sheltered Ans Polak, whom Julius married after the war. On March 17, 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Eva Kreiken-Kerkhoven and her son, Johannes Kreiken, as Righteous Among the Nations.