Jacques David Citroen was a son of David Roelof Citroen and Jeanette Polak. He married twice: in 1911 and 1926. Both marriages were dissolved by a divorce, in 1926 and 1938 respectively.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Jacques David Citroen
At age 14 Jacques David Citroen went to London to learn about commerce. Two years later he returned to join the theatre. He studied under Louis de Vries and was then hired by the Nederlandsche Tooneelvereeniging (Dutch drama association). His stage name was Jacques van Hoven.
Jacques David Citroen wrote a few plays (including 'De leugen van Pierrot' and 'Mieke'), ran an outdoor theatre in Bilthoven and acted with several theatre companies, including the Gezelschap Louis de Vries, the Nederlandsche Tooneelvereeniging, Hollandsch Tooneel, Gezelschap Rika Hopper, Gezelschap Verkade, De Dietse Spelers, De Hagespelers, Nederlandsch Tooneel and Joodsch Kleinkunstensemble.
He acted in Jules Duvivier's motion picture 'L'oeuvre immortelle' (1925).
P.H. Honig (ed.), Acteurs- en Kleinkunstenaarslexicon. 3200 namen uit 100 jaar Nederlands toneel (Heino/Diepenveen 1984) 447
In March 1942 Jacques Citroen was released from Amersfoort concentration camp. On the way to Amsterdam he said with relief, ‘Free at last. Now I am Jacques van Hoven again.’
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Together with his second wife Jacques David Citroen opened the Rika Hopper Theater in 1927 on the Plantage Middenlaan 4/a in Amsterdam. The theater stayed open until 1938.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 5286) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.