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.
Mina Kleerekoper was a daughter of Jacob Kleerekoper and Elisabeth van Es. She married Louis Judels in Amsterdam on 5 August 1925, a son of Isaac Judels and Mietje Hamel.
Mina Kleerekoper, her husband Louis and her children committed suicide on the night of 14 -15 May, 1940, after the capitulation …
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.
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…