Emanuel Boekman was a son of Maurits Boekman and Heintje Peereboom. He became a typographer straight after primary school. He was chairman of the Association for Young Typographers. Shortly afterwards, Emanuel Boekman became a member of the management committee of the Social Democratic Workers Party (SDAP). In 1921, he became a member of Amsterdam town council for the SDAP. In 1931, he followed up…