Abraham van Rijs, manager and staff manager in a business, was a son of Isaac van Rijs and Heintje Bosboom. On 29 November 1928 he married in Rotterdam Sophia Hegt, a daughter of Alexander Hegt and Diena Katz. In Leiden, the couple had two daughters, namely Henny Hetty in 1931 and Dinah in 1935. The…
Hennie Hetty van Rijs was the eldest daughter of Abraham van Rijs and Sophia Hegt. She was born in Leiden but moved with her parents and younger sister Dinah (Diny) to Heemstede at Timorstraat 31. Henny Hetty and her sister Diny went to school there, named the Voorwegschool. At that school and in th…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 55522) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting …