Diet Eman Willem Alexander

Diet eman pronounced deet ee mahn died on sept.

Diet eman willem alexander. In 2015 king willem alexander of the netherlands during a stop in grand rapids on a promotional tour. Berendina roelofina hendrika diet eman den haag 30 april 1920 grand rapids 3 september 2019 was een nederlandse verzetsstrijder en schrijver van het boek things we couldn t say. Her father s design business was hit hard by the depression and the family had very little money but it was a happy childhood. Born in the hague in 1920 diet grew up in a loving christian family.

In 2015 king willem alexander of the netherlands during a stop in grand rapids on a promotional tour for dutch businesses lauded ms. Eman as one of our national heroes she became a. The first week of june was quite a week for diet eman. She was hailed by dutch king willem alexander as one of our national heroes during a royal visit to.

Dutch resistance member diet eman meets king and queen of the netherlands king willem alexander and queen maxima of the netherlands visited frederik meijer gardens and the medical mile in grand rapids on june 2 marking the third time in history that dutch royalty stepped foot in michigan. More than 300 people filled the sanctuary and the choir loft on sunday afternoon sept. Diet eman dutch resistance hero who saved jews during world war ii dies at 99. Grand rapids township mi it wasn t the beautiful queen maxima who came in on the arm of dutch king willem alexander at the meijer gardens amphitheater today but dutch resistance member diet eman.

Diet eman before a visit to grand rapids by king willem alexander of the netherlands. Diet eman was a dutch resistance hero who at 22 years old risked her life to save dozens of jews during the nazi occupation of holland. In 2015 the dutch king willem alexander called her one of his country s national heroes as a result of all the horrors she had witnessed during the war eman struggled with post. 3 at her home in grand rapids mich.