Salomon Zurel was born to Mozes and Rebecca (née Vos) on the 18th of September 1922 in Amsterdam. Mozes and Rebecca had another two sons, the eldest Jacques, born in 1920 and the younger Isidor born in 1925. Salomon was the middle child. None of the sons married.
The father of the family, Mozes, owned a radio shop. His eldest son Jacques was an upholsterer, Salomon worked as a printer and the youngest, Isidor, was an upholsterer's apprentice. In 1941 the family lived in Amsterdam at Mosplein 31 I.
