Salomon Lampie was the eldest of the three children of Mozes Lampie and Bertha Cohen. He was born on 1 June 1916 in Amsterdam, he became a wallpaperer and upholsterer and he had a shop where beds and blankets were sold.
He married Betje van Kleef on 8 November 1939 in Amsterdam, a daughter of Isaac van Kleef and Lea van Praag. She was born in Amsterdam on 26 August 1917 and after their marriage t…