Genealogy Van Raam » Hijman Polak (1879-1943)
Personal data Hijman Polak
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Sources 1, 2, 3, 4- Alternative names: Hijman Polak (also known as / alias), Hijman Polak (also known as / alias), Hijman Polak (also known as / alias), Hijman Polak (also known as / alias)
- He was born on July 21, 1879 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.Source 4
- Profession: koopman, venter.
- He died on March 13, 1943 in Sobibor, Biala Podlaska, Poland, he was 63 years old.Sources 1, 4
- A child of Mozes Polak and Mietje Velleman
- This information was last updated on September 22, 2018.
Household of Hijman Polak
He is married to Esther van Gelder.Sources 2, 3
They got married on February 17, 1904 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Rebecca Polak 1906-
- Tobias Polak 1910-1911
- Mietje Polak 1911-1942
- Tobias Polak 1912-1912
- David Polak 1914-1943
- (Not public)
- Jacob Polak 1919-1942
- Elisabeth Polak 1921-1942
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Historical events
Birthday July 21, 1879
- The temperature on July 21, 1879 was about 12.8 °C. There was 22 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
- January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
- March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
- April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
- October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
- December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage February 17, 1904
- The temperature on February 17, 1904 was between 0.7 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
- February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
- February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
- May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
- October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
- October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
Day of death March 13, 1943
- The temperature on March 13, 1943 was between -0.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- February 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
- March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
- August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
- September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
- December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
- December 30 » Subhas Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
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