Herman Israël van Gelder was a butcher in Groningen. He was married to a non-Jewish wife. The couple had two children.
Herman Israël van Gelder helped Jews who had gone into hiding. As someone involved in a mixed marriage, he was called up to work in the Jewish labour camp of Havelte. He escaped from the camp and went into hiding. On 27 December 1944, he was arrested in Groningen and locked up in …