Lutgendorff Cornelis & Entje (Boer de); Son: Johannes ; Daughter: Akke ; Daughter: Trijntje ; Daughter-In-Law: Hiltje (Scheltinga van)

Lutgendorff, Cornelis, Siebe & Entje (de Boer) & Akke & Trijntje & Johannes & Hiltje (van Scheltinga) Cornelis Lutgendorff was a blacksmith in Makkum, Friesland. When Rivka Philipson (later Kreh), a Jewish girl, was brought to Makkum by the Resistance, she found refuge with Reverend Lourens Touwen*. His wife, Anna Touwen-de Boer, was very much involved in anti-Nazi activities and when raids were expected in the neighborhood she immediately took Rivka to the Lutgendorffs, where she could stay until the danger subsided. Two of Cornelis’s married sons also hid Jews; Lourens Lutgendorff* and his wife, Pieternella, hid Rivka Nordheim and others. During the course of the war, Danny Abrahams stayed with Cornelis and Entje for two years. He arrived at their home as a toddler in 1943, when Cornelis and Entje, in their sixties, already had four married sons, and two daughters living at home. The Lutgendorffs were pious Dutch Calvinists and cared for the child very well, without any financial arrangement or reward. When Danny contracted pneumonia, they obtained a modern medicinal treatment for him. When the German house raids became more frequent, Cornelis warned his family never to give up Danny to secure their own freedom. After the liberation, Danny returned to his widowed father, who remarried. However, Danny was still regarded as the youngest son of the Lutgendorff family and continued to spend his holidays with them until he immigrated to Israel in 1951. In 1970, after 19 years of contact by letter only, the Lutgendorffs invited Danny to visit them in Holland. Some time later, after the death of her mother, Akke Lutgendorff visited Danny and his family in Israel. On March 4, 1987, Yad Vashem recognized Cornelis Siebe Lutgendorff, his wife, Entje Lutgendorff-de Boer, and their daughters Akke and Trijntje Lutgendorff, and Johannes Lutgendorff and his wife, Hiltje Lutgendorff-van Scheltinga, as Righteous Among the Nations.