David Sluijs was the first of the two children of Ezechiel Sluijs and Vrouwtje Bierman. He was born on 1 July 1917 in the then still independent municipality of Watergraafsmeer and he was a whitesmith by profession. He married the seamstress Elisabeth de Goede in Amsterdam on 26 March 1941, a daughter of Levie de Goede and Rachel Pais.
David was born at the Nieuweweg 41 in Watergraafsmeer. With hi…