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In 1943, however, they were betrayed by a neighbor and Johan was arrested by Gestapo. In prison, he was tortured. Johan Benders had tried to commit suicide but failed twice.
On April 6, he jumped from the third floor of the prison he was held in, to avoid giving information under torture.
Johan and Gerritdina took in Rosalie and Katie Wijnberg, Lore Polak, another Jewish girl and January Doedens. On March 27, 1997, Yad Vashem recognized Johan Benders and Gerritdina Letteboer as Righteous Among the Nations.
In Amsterdam, there is a street named after him.
