David de Zwarte was a son of Simon de Zwarte and Mietje Polak. He was born in Amsterdam on 1 July 1907 and was employed as a rag sorter, just like his father. His father was employed with Messrs. P. Bonda at Koog aan de Zaan and David with Messrs. Ca. de Raaij.
Before they ended up at Cilliersstraat 8 in Amsterdam on 20 May 1931, David’s parents had lived at 9 different addresses in the city. On 2…