Benjamin Aron Polak

Benjamin Aron Polak, the younger brother of Joseph Polak, was a son of Aron Polak and Rosette van Straten. He was born on 8 December 1918 in Amsterdam and he was a salesman in gold and silver. On 19 June 1941 he married the seamstress Trijntje Cohen – usually called Hetty – who was born on 1 September 1917 in Hoorn as a daughter of Heiman Cohen and Bella Wagenhuizen. Benjamin Aron and Trijntje had…

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 55725, 11643, 51111) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos files reveal that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 2).