Hijman Content

Hijman Content was a son of the diamond broker Abraham Content and Naatje Gompers en was born 4 March 1892. His father passed away in 1906 and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery at Muiderberg. He had one brother, Louis, who after his marriage to Rebecca Schuitevoerder in 1918, left Amsterdam for Deurne (Antwerp) in 1925 with his wife and two children.

Hijman travelled regularly to London on behal…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 53951) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for looted jewellery (S-claim, number 5/638).

The "Houtmarkt" was a square in the Jewish quarter in Amsterdam. It was originally named 'Deventer Houtmarkt'. In the 19th century the name was changed tinto "Jonas Daniël Meijerplein", after Jonas Daniël Meijer (1780-1834), the first Jewish lawyer in The Netherlands. The 14th of August 1942, during the German occupation, the name was changed into "Houtmarkt" on order of Mayor Voûte, as part of re…