Emanuel van West was the 11th of the 13 children of David van West and Keetje Cohen. Emanuel was born in Amsterdam on 8 August 1904, when his parents lived at Nieuwe Grachtje 8. Since then, his parents have lived at a number of different addresses in the city and in the end of October 1925 the moved to Tugelaweg 33 1st floor in Amsterdam-East. Also Emanuel, who meanwhile had become a telegram orde…