Elias Maurits van der Zijl was married to a non-Jewish woman. They lived at 56 Oosterstraat in Warffum.
In 1917, Ir. E.M. van der Zijl was appointed director of the higher secondary school in Warffum. He managed to convert the three-year course in the school to a five-year higher secondary school. Under his management, Advendo, an association for pupils, was set up and he was involved in the lau…