Jacques Hartog was the son of Hartog David Hartog and Rebecca Wijnbergen. He lived in Eindhoven until he was twenty, and he attended the HBS (modern grammar school) there. From 1919 to 1923, he lived in the Dutch East Indies, where he worked for the metals company Enthoven-Hartelust, first as deputy director and later as director. After he returned to the Netherlands, he lived in The Hague, starting his own hardware shop at Verhulststraat 94. He was also an amateur draughtsman, a hobby he pursued with great enthusiasm in his spare time. In February 1941, Jacques Hartog was imprisoned in the Oranjehotel in Scheveningen by the Germans for his role in the resistance. His companion Marie, whom he had been planning to marry, was also arrested. On 1 July 1941, Jacques Hartog was sentenced to a year in a house of correction. At the time of his conviction, he had already been interned at Amersfoort concentration camp for several months. He was ultimately deported to Mauthausen. In 1981, he was posthumously awarded the Verzetsherdenkingskruis, a decoration for his part in the resistance.
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