Noach Polak was the eldest of the six children of Jacobus Polak and Vroukje de Jong and was born on 4 January 1873 in Rotterdam. When he got married on 28 October 1931 to Lena Stad, who also was born in Rotterdam on 10 January 1883 as daughter of Abraham Stad and Betje Spaanbroek, Noach was a clerk with the Railways but later he was also shopkeeper of seamen goods. Noach and Lena had no children t…