Summary
George Prins (1889-1973), one of the owners of the London diamond brokerage Hennig & Co. and a long-time De Beers dealing associate, who played a crucial role in securing rough diamond supply for Palestine (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.49).
Details
- Antwerp contacts recommended Oved Ben-Ami contact Prins in London (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.49).
- Prins was instrumental in persuading Ernst Oppenheimer to supply Palestine with diamonds (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.55-56).
- Chapter 1 note 47 describes him as an ardent supporter of the Zionist cause who represented the sightholder company at the DTC and thus served as the direct intermediary of supply to Palestine; he was the son of Maurits Prins (1858–1912) and Emma Lehmann (1860–1944), and brother-in-law of Wilfrid Israel (1889–1943); his brother Hugo Prins was a partner at Hennig & Co., established in 1890 by Isadore Hennig (Diamonds and War — State, Capital, and Labor in British-Ruled Palestine, PDF p.291).