Hijman Swart was the third child of Jesaja Swart and Saartje Levitus. He was born at 189 Valkenburgerstraat in Amsterdam. After completing the Jewish school on the Valkenburgerstraat, he became a basket maker.
Hijman Swart married Johanna Blog, daughter of the diamond cleaver Samuel Blog and Marianne Diamant, on 21 January 1942. Johanna Blog was the widow of Josephus Zeeman. She had three childr…