Elly Zion

Enschede, – Den Haag,

Reached the age of 23 years

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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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Widow Emilie Zion-Strupp and her family

Emilie Zion-Strupp and her daughter took their own lives under pressure of the circumstances. NIOD, Records Joodse Raad, box 36d, letter dd. 9 November 1942 In addition, a Jokos file (number 11614) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Sti…

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Emilie Zion-Strupp was getrouwd met de uit Eibergen stammende Meijer Zion. Emilie was van Duitse afkomst. Het echtpaar vestigde zich eerst in Enschede en later in Den Haag, waar Meijer kleermaker was. Dit huwelijk had twee kinderen, Rudolf (geboren Enschede op 12.8.1914) en Elly (Enschede 23.4.1919)…

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Elly Zion, 2 september 1933

Elly (links) wandelt samen met haar neef Sallie Zion en nicht Wilhelmina Esther Zion (Mien) door de Gevangenpoort in Den Haag. Dit is de enige bestaan…

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The address of Elly Zion

Cornelis Speelmanstraat 60, Den Haag Visit location page

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