Henk Hufffener was born Henricus Josef Anthonius Huffener in Utrecht, The Netherlands 24 Feb 1923 and died 5 Nov 2006 in Albury, Surrey, England.[1]
Personal Life
editMarried to Margaret Perrott 1950.
Son: Guy S Huffener.[2]
Daughters: Clare Louise Huffener[3][4] and Josephine E M Huffener[5]
Dutch Resistance
editHe was postumously awarded the British Hero of the Holocaust which was initiated by the Holocaust Educational Trust to recognise British citizens who through their actions saved Jews and others.[6][7] His daughter Jo Huffener was interviewed by Agnes Grunwald-Spier authored the book The Other Schindlers[8]
Career
editHe established an antiques business ‘The Old Pharmacy’ in Albury, Surrey in 1959[6] In 1980 he reopened Herbert F Rieser's shop in 20 New Quebec Street, London, W1 as the Herbert Rieser Memorial Gallery[9] Early exhibitions included Art Attack (10 April - 7 May 1981) featuring Susan Bowen-Morris, Mary Farmer (1949 UK), Peter Hall, John Holden (artist), Terry Moores (1949 UK) and Ian Walters.[10]
Links for further research
editReferences
edit- ^ "Huffener, Henricus Joseph Anthonius (Henk) - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Huffener, Guy S. "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Huffener, Clare L. "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Clare Louise Huffener". The Daily Telegraph. 27 July 1955. p. 14. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Huffener, Josephine E M. "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Henk Huffener". www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Smith, Lyn (28 Jan 2021). Heroes of the Holocaust: Ordinary Britons who risked their lives to make a difference. Ebury Press. p. 288. ISBN 1529107474.
- ^ Grunwald-Spier, Agnes (2010). The other Schindlers: why some people chose to save Jews in the Holocaust. Stroud: History Press. ISBN 0752457063.
- ^ "His last laugh - opening of the Herbert Rieser Memorial Gallery". Daily Mirror. 13 May 1980. p. 6. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Knott, Stephen (31 January 2024). "Donation of the Mary Farmer archive by the artist's estate". Crafts Study Centre. Retrieved 26 May 2024.