Jacob Samuel Wijler

Lochem, – Epe,

Reached the age of 59 years

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About Jacob Samuel Wijler

Jacob Samuel Wijler (also known as Sam) was a teacher of French language and literature. He wrote a PhD thesis on Isaac de Pinto and received his doctorate in 1923. He was a member of the organization for Jewish Sciences and of the exam commission of French literature. He was fired in 1940. Addition…

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Under the pressure of the circumstances

It is still an extremely sensitive topic: suicide during the Second World War. Historians have not known what to do with it for a long time. What is the place of suicide bombers in war history? Remarkably little has been written on this subject and there seems to be no list of names or memorial book…

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foto van Jacob Samuel Wijler

De foto uit de bijlage is een uitsnede van een groepsfoto van de hele school (Koninklijke H.B.S. in Apeldoorn) uit 1939

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Jacob Samuel Wijler and his family

In the summer of 1942 the Wijler family went into hiding. Jacob Wijler and Elisabeth Kolthoff hid in Epe, their daughters in Apeldoorn. In February 1943 both parents heard that their daughters were betrayed and deported. Jacob Wijler and Elisabeth Kolthoff committed suicide shortly afterwards. In A…

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Gezin Wijler

De familie Wijler bestond uit Jacob Samuel Wijler (1884), zijn vrouw Elisabeth Rose Wijler-Kolthoff (1887) en twee dochters Martha Rose (1919) en Rose Helene (1922). Alleen Rose Helene is in Apeldoorn geboren. Sinds 1920 woonde het gezin in Apeldoorn. Jacob was in dat jaar benoemd als docent Frans a…

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The address of Jacob Samuel Wijler

Frisolaan 13, Apeldoorn Visit location page