Liebman Abraham Bendien was the son of Alfred Bendien and Marianne Cohen. His father was well known in Ootmarsum as the director of the textile factory the Twentsche Damast-, Linnen- en Katoenfabriek and as a member of the town council. The family lived near the factory on the Denekamperstraat at first. In 1904 they moved to A36 Grotestraat in Ootmarsum. On 16 August 1916 they moved to Doorwerth. In 1913 Liebman Abraham Bendien enrolled in a boarding school.
B. Morshuis, De geschiedenis van de joden in Ootmarsum (sl 1996) 46 and 75
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