About Robbert Cijfer

Robbert Cijfer was unmarried. He lived in Amsterdam where he studied philosophy. He was a distributor of the illegal paper 'Het Parool' and he wrote poems in the 'Parade der profeten'. He was probably picked up on 31 March 1945 during an attack on a German in Zijpe and executed by firing squad. He was buried in the dunes by Overveen on the military cemetery Bloemendaal.
//NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw;
B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 146-147//