Maurits Appelboom was the son of Abraham Appelboom and Debora Mok. He was born at Lepelstraat 59 in Amsterdam on 14 November 1898. Like his father, he became a member of the ANDB, the General Dutch Diamond Workers Union and learned brilliant cutting there. On 19 May 1919 he was accepted as member 5139. He continued to work in the diamond trade until he married in 1926.
Before he was married, he ha…