Hijman Polak was a son of Barend Polak and Elisabeth Prijs. His father died in 1940 Rotterdam, a few months before the outbroke of the war. His mother had died already in 1926. Hijman Polak was unmarried, worked as a presser and stayed at various addresses in Rotterdam. He moved 5 February 1940 to the Nieuwe Kerkstraat 65 I in Amsterdam where he came living in with his brother-in-law Joseph Kokernoot, who was married to his sister Rebecca. On 21 July 1942 Hijman was sent to transit camp Westerbork and from there deported to Auschwitz on 27 July. On 19 September 1942 Hijman lost his life there, caused by “myocard insuffizienz” or heart muscle inflammation as from the information, the Jewish Council of Amsterdam has received from the administration of camp Auschwitz.
Hijman was born into a family with eight children. His sister Sientje and brother Simon have survived the Holocaust. The others, namely Rebecca, Isaac, Levie, Samuel, Mozes (and Hijman self) have been killed all during the Shoah.
City Archive of Rotterdam, family registration cards of Hijman Polak and Barend Polak and the file cabinet of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam, record of Hijman Polak.