Maurits Swaan was a son of Eliazer Swaan and Bertha Penha. He was born in Scheveningen on 21 February 1919, but moved with his parents, brother Nathan and sister Rebecca to Somerstraat 11 in Antwerp on 5 September 1919.
However, already after ± 2 months after the opening of Beth Azarja in Hilversum on 2 November 1925, Maurits was transferred to there in January 1926. This home, property of the S.A…