Saartje d'Ancona was born on 11 July 1882 at 7 p.m. at the Zandstraat in Rotterdam. Although the streetname can still be found today, the buildings can't. On 14 May 1940 Rotterdam was bombed after which little remained of the Zandstraat.
On 7 February 1891 Saartje d'Ancona moved to Gent, Belgium to work as a housemaid for a relative. After she married Izak Manheim, she lived in the Rotterdam nei…