Simon Prins was a son of Joseph Nathan Prina and Saartje Drukpers. 10 February 1904 he married Rosa Helmstadt in Amsterdam, a daughter of Joseph Helmstadt and Roosje Zeehandelaar. They had two children: Reina in 1904 and Joseph in 1914. Reina passed however 6 November 1915 and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen. Joseph lost his life in the Shoah, just as his parents, who were killed in Sobibor.
After their marriage, Simon Prins and his wife Rosa lived at Recht Boomssloot 10 1st floor. His profession usually was merchant but he also has been a messenger for a short while. After certainly having moved seven or eight times om Amsterdam, the family was registered per 23 May 1939 at the address Plantage Parklaan 9B 1st floor.
Per 10 June they moved to Joodse Invalide at Weesperplein 1 in Amsterdam, from where they have been deported to Westerbork 6 May 1943. There they stayed in barrack 55 untill they were put on transport 11 May to Sobibor. On arrival there 14 May 1943, Simon Prins and his wife Rosa Prins-Helmstadt were immediately killed.
City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card and archive card of Simon Prins, archive card of Rosa Helmstadt; website Akevoth/Mokum/Burial Permits re Reina Prins and the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Simon Prins and Rosea Prins-Helmstadt.