Jacob Teeboom was the son of Max Teeboom and Sara Teeboom-Van Kleef. Although he was trained as a carpenter at the trade school, he worked as a diamond polisher. His real passion was music. Jacob Teeboom played string bass and sang with Abe Remmelton’s band. He also conducted his own band, 'Jack Tea-tree and his boys'. In the beginning of the 1940's there were plans to make a recording of the band. Due to the occupation the recordings were never made.
Jacob Teeboom first lived at Transvaalkade 54 in Amsterdam. After he was married, he and his wife moved to Willem Beukelstraat 26h.
During the war Jacob Teeboom worked as a construction worker on a bridge in Amsterdam. He had fear of heights and fell from the scaffolding. When his wife wanted to visit him in hospital she had to walk all the way, because, as a Jewess, she was not allowed to travel by tram. Upon arrival at the hospital she was not allowed to enter.
In 1942 Jacob Teeboom was put to work at one of the Jewish labour camps: Stuifzand. One month later his child was born. Only once he returned home to see his wife and child. Friends en family tried to convince him to go into hiding. But he did not dare and he returned to the labour camp. In the camp some pictures were taken. When the inmates were transported to Westerbork, Jacob Teeboom threw the pictures from the train. They were addressed to a butcher who brought them to the family in Amsterdam. The wife and child of Jacob Teeboom survived the war by going into hiding.
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