Henk Huffener

Henk Hufffener was born Henricus Josef Anthonius Huffener in Utrecht, The Netherlands 24 Feb 1923 and died 5 Nov 2006 in Albury, Surrey, England.

Personal Life
Married to Margaret Perrott 1950. Son: Guy S Huffener. Daughters: Clare Louise Huffener and Josephine E M Huffener

Dutch Resistance
He was posthumously 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. His daughter Jo Huffener was interviewed by Agnes Grunwald-Spier authored the book The Other Schindlers

Career
He established an antiques business ‘The Old Pharmacy’ in Albury, Surrey in 1959 In 1980 he reopened Herbert F Rieser's shop in 20 New Quebec Street, London, W1 as the Herbert Rieser Memorial Gallery Early exhibitions included Art Attack (10 April - 7 May 1981) featuring Susan Bowen-Morris, Mary Farmer (1940-2021, UK), Peter Hall, John Holden (artist), Terry Moores (1949-2014 UK) and Ian Walters.

Links for further research

 * Imperial War Museum Interview with Henricus Josef Anthonius Huffener
 * Traces of War profile
 * News clippings from Newspapers.com