The Dutch Senate, where Dr. van Hulst later served, announced his death but did not disclose the cause. Dr. van Hulst was among more than 26,500 gentiles — 5,595 from the Netherlands — recognized by Yad Vashem for risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. Yad Vashem described Dr. van Hulst as a Calvinist Protestant who smuggled children to safety in a “large-scale” rescue operation. Fearing execution, Dr. van Hulst went into hiding until the Netherlands was liberated by Allied forces in May. In September 1943, Dr. van Hulst recalled, he found out that the Jewish child-care center was about to be closed.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2018 22:30 UTC