Hartog Polak

Hartog Polak was a son of Simon Polak and Bettje van Rhijn, a family with in total nine children. One child died in infancy, only 1 year old and one child has survived the Holocaust. All other children, namely Salomo, Philip, Harmannus, Bertha, Carolina, Anna and Hartog self have been killed in the Shoah. 

Hartog Married Eva Rosa Wijler on 26 January 1917 in Lochem, a daughter of Samuel Wijler a…

Betje was a daughter of Hartog Polak and Eva rosa Wijler.
she was born in Sleen 3 Feb 1918 and peric=shed in Auschwitz at an unknow date (Genlias).
She had worked as a nurse at the Apeldoornse Bos.

Thank you
J.V.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 4763) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.


This family is commemorated on a memorial in Assen. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.