Biography

About Arthur Hirsch

The Bussum police commissioner requested that Arthur Hirsch, a shoe manufacturer by trade, his wife Lily Hirsch-Zweig and their son Alfred Werner, who still attended school, be located, detained and brought to trial. They lived at 14 Regentesselaan in Bussum and were suspected of having changed their place of residence without the required authorization. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding.
Algemeen Politieblad, nr 39, 1 October 1942, 1114, notice 2143

This person lived alone or no information about family members is known or traceable.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 18484) on this person 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 valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 5269/15428).