Leiden, – Den Haag,
Reached the age of 65 years
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Catharina Polak Daniels-Pleijte with her two children (at a young age) Private collection
Catharina Pleijte, about 1900 Private collection
Leonard Polak Daniels and Catharina Pleijte, about 1900 Private collection
Catharina Polak Daniels-Pleijte committed suicide on 14 May 1940. She was buried at the 'Oud Eik en Duinen' cemetery in The Hague. Both children from the Polak Daniels family survived the war. Addition of a visitor of the website
Het echtpaar Polak Daniels-Pleijte verbleef bij hun zoon Anselm Polak Daniels, die overigens arts was, aan het Lyceumplein 13 (niet 12). Het echtpaar pleegt zelfmoord door 5 gram van het slaapmiddel veronal en cyaankali.
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 t…
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