Jacob Zak was a son of Machiel Zak and Judith Olivier. He married 21 March 1900 in Amsterdam Cornelia Pots, a daughter of Simon Pots and Rachel Koopman.
The couple had six children: the at home with their parents living Simon and Elisabeth, Michiel, Rachel, Judith and a son who survived the war, however not his wife Anna Italiaander and both his children.
Jacob himself was born in a family with tw…