Simon Philips was a son of Izak Philips and Eva Weijel. Simon’s parents married 26 February 1890 in Zupthen but passed already before the war. They had seven children in total. Four of them died at a very young age but Simon, Mientje and Saartje reached maturity, married but were killed in the Shoah.
Simon married Heintje (Henny) Rozendaal (also written as Rozendal), who was born in Borculo, a dau…