Paulina was the daughter of Salomon van Dam and Rachel de Groot. Paulina and her first husband divorced. After that she married in 1928 for the second time.
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According to an article in Het Vaderland of 26 February 1936 Paulina van Dam was elected to the Board of the branch of the 'Wereld Vrouwen Comité tegen oorlog en fascisme' that had just established itself …