Machiel Salomons, a traveling salesman by profession, was the third of the seven children of the then 35-year-old teacher Simon Salomons and Sprins Wagenaar and was born in Plantage Doklaan 7 Amsterdam on 3 July 1891. His youngest sister Esther was born on 14 July 1888, his brother Alexander on 14 July 1890, Nanette on 1 October 1892, Abraham on 28 November 1893, Leon on 4 April 1895, however, he …