Hartog Spijer (nickname Henri) was a son of Willem Spijer and Elisabeth de Jong. He studied law and attained the title of Master of Law. In Amsterdam, he worked as a civil servant in the town hall. He continued as a civil servant and became Secretary of the Job Exchange. He was married and the couple had two children.
Hartog Spijer had gone into hiding in St. Pancras with his wife and one child. When he no longer felt safe there, he was transferred by an illegal organisation to a hidden camp in the Soerel woods between Nunspeet and Vierhouten, the so-called 'Pas-Op-camp', where approximately 80 people were hiding out (Jews, students, allied pilots, a Russian, a German deserter and members of the resistance). Through an unfortunate coincidence, the camp was discovered by the SS. Hartog Spijer was caught together with other Jews in hiding and he was killed near Vierhouten. He was reburied after the war in the Jewish cemetery in Muiderberg. His wife and children survived the war.
M. Wolff, De nakomelingen van Wolff ben Eleazar en Moshe ben Gompertz Halevi, 1695-1995 (Arnhem, 2001) 159-163, 169
In addition, a Jokos file (number 4830) 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 securities or bonds. (W-claim, number Asp13-C20C96-104/2025).