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Herman Koopman

Herman Koopman was a classmate of Anne Frank at the Jewish Lyceum

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  • Herman Louis Koopman
  • Amsterdam, Nederland April 29, 1928
  • Den Haag, Nederland Oct. 17, 1995

Herman Koopman (rechts) op zijn onderduikadres in Soest.

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Herman Koopman was a son of Hijman Koopman and Sara Pront.[1] His parents were married in Amsterdam on 12 October 1927.[2] Herman had a younger brother, Johan (1930-1944).[3] His father was a stamp dealer.[4]

In 1941, Herman was enrolled at the 3th HBS secondary school at Mauritskade 58 in Amsterdam, where he was to start in the first year after the summer holidays.[5] Because Jewish students and teachers were forbidden to attend regular schools as of 1 September 1941, he had to transfer to the Jewish Lyceum. In school year 1941-'42, he was in class 1L2, which also included Anne Frank​​​​​​.[6] In her diary Anne characterizes him as having a filthy mind.[7]

Through family contacts, his parents managed to find different hiding addresses for Herman his brother Johan. Herman can be seen in a 1943 photograph taken in Soest when he spent some time in hiding there.[8] His brother Johan was arrested after being betrayed and arrived in Westerbork on 7 December 1943. He was deported to Auschwitz on 8 February 1944, where he was killed immediately after arrival on 11 February.[9] Herman had problems at two addresses with the people who were hiding him, but eventually ended up at a farm outside Amsterdam. There he stayed until liberation.[10]

Herman's parents survived the war as well. Their marriage was dissolved after a divorce on 29 September 1948.[2] Father Hijman remarried three months later in The Hague to Catharina Adriana Bal (1929), with whom he had a son: Marcel.[4] Hijman was a philatelist, ran a stamp store on the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal,[11] and produced catalogues on various types of postmarks.[12] In 1969, he moved to Belgium with his second wife and son Marcel.[4]

Herman completed the HBS in a shortened course and studied economics in Amsterdam. Later, his work as an accountant took him to Curaçao and Colombia. After that, he lived in The Hague. Herman Koopman was married twice. He had two sons and an adopted daughter.[13] He is buried in The Hague.[10]

Source personal data.[14] Addresses: President Steynstraat 16 I, Amsterdam; Louis Bothastraat 5 II (October 1945); Rokin 10 III (December 1945),[4] Herengracht 394-II (feb. 1956); Curaçao (mei 1959).[1]

Opgave van de 1e Hoogere Burgerschool met 5-Jarigen Cursus

Footnotes

  1. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Herman Louis Koopman.
  2. a, b SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Hijman Koopman en Sara Pront.
  3. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Johan Koopman.
  4. a, b, c, d SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Hijman Koopman.
  5. ^ On 17 July 1941, headmaster C.G. Gerrits submitted a list of all Jewish students at his school. The list contained a total of 47 names, including that of Herman Koopman. Four days later, Gerrits sent a letter to add another Jewish student to the list: SAA, Archief van de Secretarie, Afdeling Onderwijs (toegang: 5191), inv. nr. 7410: Opgave van de 3e Hogere Burgerschool met Vijfjarige Cursus, 17 juli 1941, Ingekomen lijsten van middelbare scholen met opgave van aanwezige Joodse leerlingen.
  6. ^ NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust en Genocidestudies, Amsterdam, Archief 181e (W.S.H. Elte), inv. nr. 2f: Absentenregister klas 1LII Joods Lyceum, 1 maart – 17 juli 1942; Dienke Hondius, Absent: herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam 1941-1943, Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 269; Wikipedia: Klas van Anne Frank.
  7. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 juni 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. fron the DUtch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  8. ^ Verdwenen Soest, 3 februari 2021.
  9. ^ Joods Monument: Johan Koopman; Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek: DocID: 130322910 (Johan KOOPMAN); Arolsen Archives, List of names of Jewish victims of the Nazi regime in the Netherlands 1941-1945, DocID: 5150386.
  10. a, b Anne Frank Stichting, afd. Collecties, Brief van Rutger Koopman, 7 oktober 2011.
  11. ^ 'Advertentie', Nederlandsch Maandblad voor Philatelie, 33 (1956) 1, p. 21
  12. ^ Nederlandsch Maandblad voor Philatelie, 53 (1976), Cumulatieve index, rubriek LIteratuur.
  13. ^ Genealogie Schenk & Pruijt/Preuijt: Herman Louis Koopman.
  14. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Herman Louis Koopman; Genealogie Schenk & Pruijt/Preuijt: Herman Louis Koopman.

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