Iwan Hiegentlich was a radiotelegraph operator in Assen. As a Jew, he was dismissed from his position at the start of the occupation. He tried to escape to unoccupied France. He arranged to meet somebody on the Kerkstraat and carried a violin as the agreed symbol of identification.
In June 1942 the mayor of Assen issued a request for information regarding the whereabouts of the 'Jew Iwan Hiegent…