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Louis Judels and Mina Kleerekoper-Judels committed suicide with their children on the night of 14 -15 May, 1940, after the capitulation had been announced.
Louis Judels was a son of Isaac Judels and Mietje Hamel. He married on 5 August 1925 in Amsterdam to Mina Kleerekoper, daughter of Jacob Kleerekoper and Elisabeth van Es.
Louis Judels, his wife and children committed suicide on the night of 14 -15 May, 1940, after the capitulation had been announced…
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…
Ben Stranders heeft direct na de oorlog zijn herinneringen aan het gezin Judels in een brief aan zijn vrienden Bram en Suze Snoek vastgelegd. Bram Snoek, Louis Judels en Ben Stranders waren vrienden.
De familie Judels verkoos zelfdoding in het begin van de oorlog.