Ester Levitus was the eldest child of a couple of whom the father survived the war, and the mother, Roosje Engelander, died in 1922. Ester was born at 14 Batavierstraat in Amsterdam. When she was 2, the family moved to The Hague. After her mother died, Ester was sent to the Jewish children's home De Bergstichting in Laren. She was trained to work as a domestic servant there. When she came of age, …