Lena Reis was the third of the nine children of Barend Reiss and Hanna Marie Root. She was working as seamstress and cutter of lingerie and as cleaning lady. On 6 January 1937 she married the inlay sole maker Mozes de Vries in Amsterdam, a son of David de Vries and Theodora Haringman. The couple had three children, namely Theodora in April 1937, Hanna Marie in December 1938 and after the divorce J…