In August 1941 Willy Tal was enrolled in the 2nd vocational school in Amsterdam
Data on Jewish students at Amsterdam vocational schools in 1941Lists of Jewish students at vocational schools in Amsterdam appear in: A. Caransa, Van School Verwijderd. Jood. Dokumenten betreffende de verwijdering van joodse leerlingen van Amsterdamse ambachtsscholen in 1941 (Tuindorp z.d.).
Willy Tal worked as a student nurse in the Apeldoornse Bos, where he started working on 28 April 1942.
Municipal Archives Apeldoorn, list of employees of the Apeldoornsche Bosch