Maurits Hertzberger

Maurits Hertzberger studied medicine in Utrecht, where he sat for his medical finals on 15 November 1907. For some time, he was assistant to Professor G.C. Nijhoff in Groningen, after which he settled in Rotterdam at 32a Crooswijkschesingel.
Maurits Hertzberger was a member of the church council of the Dutch-Jewish Community in Rotterdam and governor of the Charity association Montefiore. On the …

Hoewel de vereniging Unitas Studiosorum Rheno Trajectina (USR) nog niet bestond tijdens zijn studie geneeskunde in Utrecht is er een vermoeden dat hij toch reünist is geworden. Daarvoor heb ik al veel, ook veel Joodse, oorlogsslachtoffers uitgezocht, waaronder Maurits Hertzberger. Ik zoek bevestiging van mijn vermoeden.

Maurits Hertzberger and his wife had two children. Both children had already left the parental house in May 1940. Maurits Hertzbergers wife and their two children survived the war.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 2513) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jo…

Maurits Hertzberger had niet twee, maar drie kinderen. Twee kinderen hebben overleefd. De derde, Leopold Hertzberger, niet.

It is still an extremely sensitive topic: suicide during the Second World War. Historians have not known what to do with it for a long time. What is the place of suicide in war history?

Remarkably little has been written on this subject and there seems to be no list of names or memorial books at all. The Digital Monument (www.joodsmonument.nl) offers a place where relatives, sometimes for the firs…