Henri Halberstadt was an office clerk. He got married in 1941.
He wrote poetry during the war and was one of the publishers of the illegal magazine Rattekruid. As a member of the resistance, he helped out Jews in hiding. On 15 March 1943, he took part in the attack with explosives on the railway between Amsterdam and Haarlem and he gave logistical support to the attack on 27 March 1943 on the Amsterdam Municipal Register.
Henri Halberstadt was picked up on 12 April 1943. During the trial held on 18 June 1943 in front of the SS- und Polizeigericht in the Colonial Institute in Amsterdam, he was one of the thirteen people condemned to death. On 1 July 1943, he was executed in Overveen, near Bloemendaal.
NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw;
B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 124-125
J. van Adrichem (et al.), Rebel, mijn hart : kunstenaars 1940-1945 (Zwolle 1995) 65
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