Eliëzer Samuel Israels was a son of Leonard Frank Israels, born in Groningen, religious teacher and Judith Vomberg, born in Zutphen. His parents married in Roermond on 21 May 1938 and have survived the Holocaust. His grandparents from father's side were Lazarus Israels and Johanna Frank and from mother's side Nathan Vomberg and Mietje Vromen. Both his grandmothers were victims of the Shoah.
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