Samuel Prijs

Samuel Prijs, born 6 April 1898 in Amsterdam, was the youngest son of Marcus Prijs and Mietje Gompers. He married there on 16 June 1926 to the 3-year younger Grietje de Vries, who was born in Amsterdam as a daughter of Jacob de Vries from Schagen and Gezina Rosenbaum from Zevenaar. The couple had one daughter, Gezina Mietje, who was born on 5 June 1932.
Samuel had a sister, Judik, who survived the…

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 5895, 6827) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos files reveal that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 8934/4285).

According to a list with shops of J…

Jewish tradespeople such as bakers, hairdressers, butchers, fishmongers, grocers, etc. received a special exemption (Sperre), so that the Jewish population could continue to use the tradespeople. As the number of Jewish residents of Amsterdam shrank due to the deportations, these exemptions were cancelled. On July 27, 1942, Meijer de Vries, the General Adviser of the Jewish Council, sent a circula…