Esther Stad was the second of the three children of Joseph Stad and Elizabeth Scheffer and was born 26 September 1905 in Amsterdam. Her elder sister Judith was born in 1901 and in 1918 she had another brother, Simon Jacob Stad.
Esther married 1 Augtust 1928 the pastry chef Isidor Italiaander, a son of Marcus Italiaander and Rachel Sarfatij. The couple had three children, namely Rachel Elisabeth in 1929, Elisabeth Julia in 1939 and Marcus Joseph in 1941. Rachel Elisabeth and her parents were murdered during the Shoah. Elisabeth Julia and Marcus Joseph survived the Holocaust
After their wedding, Isidor and Esther lived ad Blasiusstraat 3 in Amsterdam-East. They moved 3 September 1931 to Jekerstraat 37 in Amsterdam-South and on 28 August 1938 to Tweede Boerhaavestraat 73. In January 1940 they moved again, now to Amstellaan 38 1st floor in Amsterdam-South, which also became their last known address in the city.
Isidor Italiaander was a pastry chef and worked in his father's business, which was located since 1930 in the Van Musschenbroekstraat 1a. Apart from that, his parents left for Naarden in 1937 but returned 3 July 1940 in Amsterdam, where they then lived at Waalstraat 34 in Amsterdam-South.
Per 30 July 1942 the confectionery/bakery was designated as a so-called “Joods Lokaal”(Jewish Business). Isidor’s wife Esther, who worked there, had because of that, a “Sperre”, an exemption from deportation, and also her children. Notes at their registration cards from the Jewish Council show however that the whole Italiaander family has also tried to escape deportation by going into hiding, which was not successful for all; only Elisabeth Julia (1939) and Marcus Jozef (1941) have survived the Shoah.
Presumably at the end of 1942 Isidor Italiaander has been arrested and jailed and at some point sent as a penal case from prison to concentration camp Vught. On 31 March 1943 he was transferred from Vught to Westerbork where he has made attempts to be exempted deportation. He declared that his wife was working in a “Joods Lokaal” (Jewish Business), produced pictures of her legitimation of the Jewish Council and of her personal I.D. with exemption stamp 97147 and a provision coupon. However, already on 6 April his request was denied and on 7 April, and “the person concerned (Isidor Italiaander)" was informed about the decision with the reason:"Given the special circumstances, nothing can be done about it”.
It still lasted until 27 April until Isidor Italiaander was deported to Sobibor, where he has been immedialtely killed on arrival there on 30 April 1943.
Esther Italiaander-Stad was arrested during the large-scale raid of 20 June 1943 in Amsterdam, which was secretly prepared by the Germans. She was taken to Westerbork where she ended up in barrack 58. On 6 July she was put on transport to Sobibor and on arrival there on 9 July 1943 immediately murdered.
Sources among others: City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card of Isidor Italiaander and Marcus Italiaander, archive cards of Isidor Italiaander, Esther Stad, Rachel Elisabeth Italiaander; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Isidor Italiaander, Esther Italiaander Stad and of Rachel Elisabeth, Elisabeth Julia and Marcus Jozef Italiaander and certificates of death A96-folio 8-nr 471 dated 27 June 1952 for Rachel Elisabeth Italiaander; A13-folio 81-nr 81 dated 17 February 1950 for Isidor Italiaander and A33-folio 38-nr 217 dated 16 May 1950.