Samuel Poliakoff studied medicine in Amsterdam, where he sat for his medical finals on 2 July 1919. He obtained his doctoral degree on 13 June 1922 in Amsterdam on a thesis about 'Calcium and tuberculosis'. Samuel Poliakoff lived and practised as family doctor at 154 van Baerlestraat in Amsterdam. He also practised at 139, 1st Jan Steenstraat. He was a physician, later senior medical officer of the Portuguese-Jewish Hospital in Amsterdam.
Samuel Poliakoff was chairman of the Amsterdam branch of the Dutch Zionist league and a member of the Association for Jewish Sciences. He wrote an article in De Vrijdagavond of 3 June 1924 on 'Tuberculosis among Jews and non-Jews'.
Samuel Poliakoff was married to Margaretha Levie. The couple had two children who survived the war.
J.H. Coppenhagen, Anafiem Gedoe‘iem. Overleden joodse artsen uit Nederland 1940-1945 (Rotterdam 2000) 129-130
In addition, a Jokos file (number 6939) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for :
- securities or bonds. (W-claim, number O23-C112/1712)
- valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 9572/11416)