Helena Kuipers-Rietberg

Helena Kuipers-Rietberg
Helena Kuipers-Rietberg
Born
Helena Theodora Rietberg

(1893-05-26)26 May 1893
Winterswijk, Netherlands
Died27 December 1944(1944-12-27) (aged 51)
Ravensbrück
NationalityDutch
Other namesTante Riek
Known forResistance fighter during World War II
Princess Wilhelmina on 4 May 1955, at the monument for Kuipers-Rietberg in Winterswijk. Statue by Gerrit Bolhuis.

Helena Theodora Kuipers-Rietberg (26 May 1893 – 27 December 1944) was a Dutch resistance member who played an important role during World War II, when she was one of the driving forces of a national underground organization that supported those who were hiding from the German occupying forces.[1] She was known as "Tante Riek", or "Aunt Riek".[2]

  1. ^ State, Paul F. (2008). A Brief History of the Netherlands. Infobase. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-4381-0832-2.
  2. ^ Haasnoot, Shirley; Kromhout, Bas. "10 grote Nederlandse verzetshelden". Historisch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 May 2021.