Bertha Wins

Amsterdam, – Amsterdam,

Reached the age of 16 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…

By: Daniël Metz on
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Jozef Wins and his family

Only days after the German invasion Jozef Wins, his wife Sara Wins-de Kromme and two of their children, Leendert and Bertha, committed suicide. One child survived the war. Amsterdam Municipal Archives; record card of Jozef Wins

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Bertje Wins

In deel twee van het oorlogsdagboek van Hanny Michaelis,  De wereld waar ik buiten sta  (van Oorschot, 2017), schrijft ze op 30 december 1944 over Bertje (Bertha) Wins: "...mijn hartsvriendin van mijn 5e tot mijn 10e jaar, die later ook op het gym. kwam, maar een klas lager dan ik zat dat ze ook een…

By: Denise Citroen on
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Zelfmoord familie Wins.

Uit "Mij krijgen ze niet levend: de zelfmoorden van mei 1940" door Lucas Ligtenberg, valt meer informatie te verkrijgen over de dood van Bertje Wins, jeugdvriendin van Hanny Michaelis. 4 "Zij die nog wilden vluchten": - Op de eerste etage van Smaragdstraat 32 in de Amsterdamse  Diamantbuurt woonde d…

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The address of Bertha Wins

Smaragdstraat 32 I, Amsterdam Visit location page

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