Simon Berman (April 24, 1861 – October 19, 1934) was the mayor of Kwadijk, Middelie, Warder, Schagen, Bedum, and Alblasserdam in the Netherlands.

[2] As a popular mayor of Schagen, he handled a double murder case that drew national media attention and advanced a professional school and regional light rail and canals.

[4][5] Simon was raised in a family in financial need as his father, who suffered from poor health, was unable to advance his career after his first appointment as a preacher in a small parish.

[5] In 1885, while working at the municipal secretariat of Purmerend, Simon Berman passed his exam for candidate town clerk.

[10] Within months, Schagen and the Netherlands were shocked by the double murder of Jansje Stoel, a 55-year-old widow, and her 17-year-old niece Anna Beiers (or Beijers).

In 1902 the publishing house moved to a related commune in Blaricum, where members grew their own produce, ran a bakery, engaged in carpentering, and shared their belongings.

[23] Berman continued to manage publications, lived outside the commune, in nearby Laren,[24] (perhaps shortly inside)[25] and did not transfer his savings.

While mayor of Bedum, Berman undertook an initiative to regulate skating traffic throughout the province of Groningen.

While the Netherlands remained neutral, the local government of Alblasserdam and its mayor kept busy with such impacts as 60 Belgian refugees within the municipal boundaries.

Simon's brother, Alexander Johan Berman, a notary in Nieuwendam, was married to Johanna's sister Agatha Willink.

Alexander Berman initially followed in his father's footsteps when he became Town Clerck of Wijdenes at the age of 20,[34] then filled a similar position in Semarang, Dutch East Indies.