Esther Stad was the second of the three children of Joseph Stad and Elizabeth Scheffer and was born 26 September 1905 in Amsterdam. Her elder sister Judith was born in 1901 and in 1918 she had another brother, Simon Jacob Stad.
Esther married 1 Augtust 1928 the pastry chef Isidor Italiaander, a son of Marcus Italiaander and Rachel Sarfatij. The couple had three children, namely Rachel Elisabeth in…