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His life before the arrest

Widowed since 1936 the merchant was father of four children. His wife Christina came from Dokkum in Friesland. Her family had loose connection to Sneek and Dutch-Westfalian merchant families.

Hijman himself lived last in Amsterdam before his arrest, one of his sons - Johann - had also an address there. The documents from Buchenwald lists him as non-religious and Dutch national.

The reason for his arrest was membership in the S.D.A.P. (prob. Socialist German Workers Party).

Ida, his daughter-in-law, also come into the focus of German autorities and is listed as a forced laborer with her children in Fulda, Germany for the years 1944 and 1945.

The fate of Hijmans children - probably 2 daughters and 2 sons - is as of 2022-11-20 unknown.