David Santen was a son of Benedictus Santen and Saartje Winnik. He married Mina Barnstein in Amsterdam on 13 July 1932, a daughter of Meijer Barnstein and Grietje Kooker.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Saartje Winnik and website www.wiewaswie.nl .
In addition, a Jokos file (number 21143) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.