Herman Marinus de la Parra was a son of Marinus de la Parra and Jansje Swijt. At age 9 he moved with his parents and their three children from Suriname to Amsterdam, where his father opened a practice as a dermatologist on the Sarphatistraat. Herman Marinus de la Parra attended the Third five-year commercial secondary school on the Mauritskade, after which he studied medicine in Leiden. He was an …