Izak Manheim was born on 13 October 1880, at 5 a.m. in the Zandstraat in Rotterdam. Although the streetname can still be found today, the buildings can't. On 14 May 1940 Rotterdam was bombed after which little remained of the Zandstraat.
Izak Manheim married Saartje d'Ancona. The couple lived in the neighbourhood 'Het Witte Dorp' in Oud-Mathenesse, Rotterdam. Their neighbourhood, designed by the…