Joseph Stodel was the only son of Hijman Stodel and Helena van Stratum. He was born in Amsterdam on 10 June 1906, when his parents still lived in the ‘s-Gravesandestraat but already shortly thereafter, on 10 November 1906 moved to Linneausparkweg 21 in Watergraafsmeer.
The marriage of his parents however did not last. It was officially dissolved on 28 August 1914 by verdict of the District Court i…