Carolina Hijmans was the oldest daughter of Isaac Godschalk Hijmans and Eveline Rosette van Lissa. She was a teacher and when the war broke out widow of Maarten van den Arend. A request to get out of Westerbork because of her non-Jewish marriage failed, "because of a dissolved mixed marriage without any children which made it impossible to make a request".
P. Tammes and V. Brilleman, 'In Memoriam: Joodse slachtoffers (1940-1945), geboren in Wijk bij Duurstede', Het Kromme Rijngebied. Tijdschrift van de Historische Kring ‘Tussen Rijn en Lek 39 (maart –juni 2005) 26-44, at 32-33 and 41-42
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