Gompert Gazan, mostly known as Herman, was a son of Philip Gazan and Hendrina Schlosser. He was a kosher butcher by trade, the only one in Holten. On 30 August 1916 he married there Betje Berg, a daughter of Abraham Berg and Dina Pagrach. The couple had ten children, namely Abraham (known as Bram), Hendrie Philip (known as Harry), Louis, David, Dina, David Isaak Geerts, Dina Hendrina, Bernard Levi…