Karel Kiek born on 27 August 1893 in Amsterdam, was a son of the diamond polisher Israel Kiek (Amsterdam 1868-Antwerp 1948) and Catherine Israel Ricardo (London 1870-Deurne (B) 1929). The Kiek family eventually contained ten children. His nine siblings were Emanuel in 1890, Louis in 1891, Abraham in 1892, Daniel in 1894, Margaretha in 1896 and Samuel in 1897, who were all born in Amsterdam; then …