Barend Santen

The home address of Barend Santen was used in 1936 as the administrative address of De Roode Gardist.
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Deze Barend Santen (schoenmaker) was de vader van de latere dagbladcorrector, schrijver en revolutionair-socialistische activist Sal Santen (1915-1998), auteur van o.a. de prachtige autobiografische verhalenbundel 'Jullie is Jodenvolk'.

Barend Santen was married to Sientje Menko. He worked in a cobbler's workshop in the Eerste van der Helststraat in Amsterdam. Both spouses were in Westerbork in 1942. On 22 October 1942, Barend Santen from Westerbork wrote a postcard for his granddaughter's birthday:

'Dear all,
After queuing for nearly two hours to send a congratulatory telegram, it was refused as not being important. It was so a…