Benjamin van Straten was the 2nd of the three children of Elkan van Straten and Sara Sealtiel. His older brother Levie was killed during the Shoah, just like he himself and his family, but his younger sister Rozette and her family survived the Holocaust. Benjamin married Dina Heilbron, on 24 July 1929 in Amsterdam, a daughter of Jesaia Heilbron and Regina Dikker and had three children with her: in…