Eugen Marx

Mannheim, – Rotterdam,

Reached the age of 60 years

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About Eugen Marx

Eugen Marx studied medicine in Amsterdam, where he sat for his medical finals on 2 July 1906. He specialised in ophthalmics and established himself as an ophthalmist in Rotterdam. He obtained his doctoral degree on 10 July 1925 in Leiden on a thesis 'On the sensitivity of the cornea'. He became an u…

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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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Eugen Marx and his family

Eugen Marx married Bertha Louise van den Bergh in 1908. The couple had two children. One child had left the Netherlands before the war. In the 1930's Eugen Marx helped German Jews across the boarder. The Marx family had no doubt what would happen to them if the Nazis got hold of them. At the day of …

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Oranjelaan 26 b, Rotterdam Visit location page