Abraham Barend was a son of Gerrit Barend and Heintje Visser and born on 11 August 1905 in Amsterdam. He started his career as an errand boy, became an apprentice baker and eventually he was a bread baker by profession. On 9 February 1927 he married Anna Naarden in Amsterdam, who was born on 16 February 1907 as a daughter of Isaäc Naarden and Lena Vecht. The couple had three children, namely Gerri…