Emanuel Vos was born on 20 January 1898 as the 7th of the 13 children of Mozes Vos and Maria Polak. He was diamond worker by profession and later specialized as brilliant cutter. On 28 March 1923 he married Bregje Rachel Wagenhuijzen, who was born in Amsterdam on 16 December 1894 as a daughter of Salomon Wagenhuijzen and Mietje van Praag. The Vos-Wagenhuijzen couple had two daughters, namely Maria…