Walter Oettingen, born on 23 May 1905 in Hamburg, came to the Netherlands in the Summer of 1939. At the age of 17, he was hit by polio and was therefore handicapped. He went to live with his cousin Johann Oettinger, who lived at the Stadionkade in Amsterdam. Johann Oettinger ran the N.V. Oriëntaalse Tabakshandel, established at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal. Johann and his wife took their own lives on…