Levie was the son of Marcus (Max) Cohen and Aaltje (Ali) de Wilde. His parents divorced in August 1941. Levie went to the Hof-school at the Raadhuisplein, the address where his father had a business. This school had many liberal-Jewish students. In 1942, Levie was excluded from education by the German occupying power. On a summer day his teacher accidentally saw Levie sitting on the playground at …