Mozes van Kolm, better known as Max, was the son of Abraham van Kolm and Grietje Bouwman. Abraham was a diamond polisher, and Max learned this trade. Later on, however, Max became a sales representative in stationery, and also worked as a garment presser. In 1933 he married a non-Jewish woman. Some time after the outbreak of war, he decided nevertheless to go into hiding. His hiding-place was disc…