Max Bernstein

Selma Hemelrijk, the daughter of merchant Hijman Benjamin Hemelrijk and Esther Sophia Strauss, was born on 16 July 1886 in Seppenrade in Germany. She lived with her parents in Winterswijk, from where she went to work in the housekeeping at the Dutch Israelite Old Men and Women Hospital in Kerkstraat 135 in Amsterdam on 3 February 1914. Halfway through October 1914 she returned to Wooldstraat 40 in…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 6796) 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 valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 853/11904 850/13465).

Max Bernstein is grossier in modeartikelen als hij in april 1941 namens de firma Louis Oudkerk een diefstal rapporteert. Zoals vermeld in het politierapport van Amsterdam.