Barend Prijs was the second of the four children of Marcus Hartog Prijs and Mietje Gompers and was born on 4 March 1892 in Amsterdam. Barend was a brilliant polisher but later he was a dealer in all kinds of merchandise. He was unmarried. Barend had one sister Judik who survived the Holocaust and two brothers, Levie and Samuel, who just as he himself have lost their lives during the Shoah.
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