Hugo Hertogs and his spouse went into hiding in the house of the mayor of Hoogwoud in Aartswoud. In Juli 1944 the hiding place was discovered and the couple deported.
Addition of a visitor of the website
Hugo Hartogs and his wife were held in the penal barrack in Westerbork. On handing over their jewellery and diamonds of very high value, they were released from the penal barrack. Hugo Hartogs died on 14 May 1945 in Tröbitz. His wife and two children survived the war.
The archive of the Stichting Sieraden-Comité contains a statement of the right to inheritance from 1968.
NIOD, Records Stichting Sieraden-Comité, film 580, nr 937, file 13
In addition, a Jokos file (number 000456) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.