Philip Heertje

Philip Heertje was the son of Abraham Heertje and Mietje Kinsbergen. His carrier as a student at the HBS and later the mulo wasn't a succes. His father suggested the Philip could learn a trade in the diamond industry with him. Philip however attended a barberschool.
Philip Heertje was married twice. His first non-Jewish wife and their child survived the war.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 51874) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Mietje Heertje-Kinsbergen took her own life under pressure of the circumstances.
NIOD, Records Joodse Raad, box 244d, letter dd. 7 August 1942

Philip Heertje and Carolina Cohen married on 15 October 1941 in Enschede.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Philip Heertje

The Heertje family was in Enschede for the preparations of the marriage of a sister of Carolina Heertje-Cohen, when a raid took place. Their daughter Theodora (also named Paula) and her great-grandmother Carolina Cohen-Ten Brink were picked up. Philip and Carolina Heertje …