Abraham Elzas was a son of Mozes Elzas and Naatje Peperwortel. He was born on 13 July 1908 in Amsterdam and married there as a 21-year old the 20-year old Rebecca de Swarte, who was born on 8 April 1909 in Amsterdam as the first born of the first marriage of Hijman de Swarte and Louise van Dal. Before Rebecca got married, she stayed also for some time in Antwerp with her parents and her brother Is…