Max de Swarte

Hijman de Swarte was a son of Ruben de Swarte and Rebecca de Swarte. His parents were cousins and they had eight children together, viz. Meijer, Abraham Lion, Sara, Izaak, Judith, Joseph, Barend and Hijman. Barens died already after five weeks and Joseph survived the war. All the others were murdered during the Shoah.

As the 4^th  child Hijman was born on 24 January 1887 in Amsterdam. He was a merc…

After the divorce of Hijman de Swarte from Louise van Dal on 30 May 1930, the 54-year-old Hijman only officially married the 26-year-old Leentje Vogel on 18 June 1941. However, already on 15 January 1935, their son Salomon was born, who was given the name of his mother: Vogel.

When Hijman married Leentje in 1941, possibly for security reasons, Salomon was not recognized as the son of Hijman de Swa…