Only several days after the German invasion Benedictus Swaab, his wife Sophia Swaab-Kruijer and their three children Jacob, Elisabeth and Maria committed suicide.
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Benedictus heeft op 15 mei 1940, samen met zijn vrouw en kinderen, zelfmoord gepleegd. Op 19 mei 1940 is het hele gezin begraven op de begraafplaats t…
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…