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Sonna Brandon

Amsterdam, – Amsterdam,

Reached the age of 10 years

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The Brandon-Gans family

The family Brandon-Gans committed suicide on May 15, 1940. Jacob Brandon, Klara Brandon-Gans and their daughter Sonna Brandon were buried at the Jewish cemetery in Diemen.

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Onder druk van de omstandigheden: namenlijst

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 books at all. The Digital Monument (www.joodsmonument.nl) offers a place where relatives, sometimes for …

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Familie Brandon-Gans

Meer informatie over de zelfmoord van het gezin Brandon-Gans, is te vinden in het boek van Lucas Ligtenberg: Mij krijgen ze niet levend: de zelfmoorden van mei 1940 (Amsterdam 2017) 153, 164.

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