Jacob van West was a son of David van West and Keetje Cohen. He was born in Amsterdam on 29 November 1894 and before he got married he worked as a butcher. In later years he worked as a transport worker, metalworker and fitter. When he was in concentration camp Vught in 1943, Jacob was put to work in Den Bosch as a worker in scrap iron.
On 19 May 1920, he married Judith Gobets in Amsterdam, who wa…