Rupen Speijer, son of the cigar maker Joseph Speijer and Vogeltje de Zwarte, married Betsie Scheffer, a seamstress and needlewoman and the daughter of Salomon Scheffer and Rosetta Victoria Levitus, on 10 April 1935. The couple lived at 7 Reitzstraat in Amsterdam. Ruben Speijer was an upholsterer. The couple had three children: Flora, Sally and Joseph.
Early in the morning of Saturday, 3 October 1942, the family was removed from their home and deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork. Betsie and the children were killed upon arrival. Ruben was selected for forced labour; he was killed at the infirmary in Auschwitz.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 33121) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.