David Meljado was a son of Daniël Haim Meljado and Sara Polak. He was born in Amsterdam on 7 October 1892 and he was a merchant by trade. In his younger years, David was employed as a diamond polisher. He resided those years – also after his marriage to his first wife – regulary in Antwerp, were he was employed in the diamon industry but also as a merchant. He turned out not to have been a member …