Simon Vieijra, a travelling salesman, married Rika Cohen in 1926. They had three children: Margaretha, Alfred and Johanna. From 1940 Alfred stayed at the Paedagogium Achisomog in Apeldoorn; he was murdered in Auschwitz on 25 January 1943, thirteen years old. Simon died in Central Europe on 31 March 1944. Rika and the two daughters survived the war. Simon's parents are remembered in the Deymanstraat.