Barend Santen was married to Sientje Menko. He worked in a cobbler's workshop in the Eerste van der Helststraat in Amsterdam. Both spouses were in Westerbork in 1942. On 22 October 1942, Barend Santen from Westerbork wrote a postcard for his granddaughter's birthday:
'Dear all,
After queuing for nearly two hours to send a congratulatory telegram, it was refused as not being important. It was so a…