Of the three children of Ludovicus Oudkerk and Elsje Oudkerk, Benjamin Roeland was the youngest and the only one from this family who survived the Holocaust. He was born on 4 February 1913 in Sint Denijs, Belgium and eventually became a pastry chef by profession. Benjamin Roeland completed 3 years of the 5-year HBS but subsequently obtained his pastry chef diploma.
With his parents, brother Herman…