Adriana Valkenburg

Adriana 'Jeanne' Valkenburg (Schiedam, 10 June 1894 - Bergen op Zoom 19 February 1968), commonly called Jeanne de Leugenaarster (Jeanne the Liar) was a Dutch collaborator during World War II who worked as a prostitute and madam before the war.

In 1942, she helped Jews find a hiding place in her own house on the Van Ostadestraat for financial compensation.

In order to avoid prosecution, she had to report Jews to the notorious Bureau Joodsche Zaken [nl].

When she moved, she met the handyman Joop Bom,[1] who used the alias Gerritsen,[4] with whom she had a relationship and married on 16 November 1943.

[6] After Mad Tuesday, Valkenburg fled with her partner to Bergen op Zoom, where her sister lived.

She was eventually admitted to the Algemeen Burger Gasthuis, a catholic infirmary,[7] in Bergen op Zoom, where she died on 19 February 1968.