Hijman Oudkerk

Hijman Oudkerk, born on 17 April 1920, was a son from the first marriage of Selma Hemelrijk and Levie Oudkerk (who called himself Louis). He lived with his parents, sister Sophie and brother Gerrit at Herengracht 94 in Amsterdam. On 30 September 1929, 9-year-old Hijman was sent to Nijkerk, where he received Jewish- and Regular Primary Education from religious teacher Sander Colthof. Hijman stayed …

In addition, a Jokos file (number 6796) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 853/11904 850/13465).

Primary education continued for a long time according to traditional methods, and in the home of the religious teacher, who usually also held other positions, such as that of cantor.

The education system was only adapted to the requirements of the Ordinance on Jewish Education of 1817 in the second half of the 1840s. Due to a lack of space in the municipal schools, Jewish children did not receive …