Marianne Schouten was a daughter of Barend Schouten and Saartje Halberstad. She was born on 16 February 1896 in Amsterdam and was a dressmaker by profession. Marianne married the warehouseman and bag stopper Jonas Polak on 30 May 1917, a son of Wolf Polak and Lientje Bed. Jonas and Marianne had two daughters: Lena in 1918 and Sara in 1922.
After the wedding was concluded, the newlywed couple lived…