Louise van IJssel was the youngest of the three children of Salomon van IJssel and Anna Wolf, born 1 November 1920 in Den Haag. She had a brother Daniel and a sister Rosa, who were killed during the Shoah, juist like her father. Her mother died however already on 5 March 1934, when Louise was 14 years old.
Louise’s father was a poulterer in Den Haag. There he moved with his family a number of time…