The eldest of the five children of Willem Agsteribbe and Bertina van West was Rachel, who was born on 26 September 1912 in Amsterdam. She was a seamstress by trade and unmarried. She too lived at Nieuwe Herengracht 159, where her parents exploited a boarding house. Rachel was born at Houtkopersburgwal 8, the first address where her parents lived after they were married. By removals to Waterloople…