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Myndert and Janny Blom
Holland

When mass arrests and deportations to the concentration camps intensified in Holland in 1942, Janny Blom traveled to the home of her former employer, Dr. Vreedenburg, to invite him and his family to relative safety of her home. As the situation for the Jews became increasingly dangerous the Vreedenburgs fled by ship through the Port of Amsterdam to the Blom family home. For three years the Vreedenburgs stayed hidden in an upstairs attic, the door always locked.

The entire Blom family joined in the effort to obtain food for the hidden family. At great risk to their family and without hesitation, Myndert and Janny blom had taken the fleeing Vreedenburg family and guarded their safety.

After the war the Bloms moved to Detroit, Michigan.

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