Jacoba van Tongeren

Jacoba van Tongeren
Portrait of Jacoba van Tongeren
by Max Nauta
Born14 October 1903
Tjimahi, Dutch East Indies
Died15 September 1967
Bergen, The Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Other names2000, The Coupon Queen
OccupationSocial Worker
Known forGroup 2000, resistance fighter
PartnerNel Wateler
Parent(s)Hermannus van Tongeren and Jeanne Holle
RelativesHerman van Tongeren

Jacoba van Tongeren (14 October 1903, in Tjimahi near Bandung, Dutch East Indies – 15 September 1967, in Bergen, Netherlands) was a resistance fighter, the founder and leader of Group 2000, a resistance group during the Second World War. Jacoba van Tongeren is the only woman to have created and led a resistance group during the war. In 1990, Yad Vashem honoured Jacoba van Tongeren as Righteous Among the Nations.

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