Izak Nort

Gorinchem, 24 July 1926 – Gorinchem, 16 May 1940

Reached the age of 13 years

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In 1934 werden Ies Nort en Esther van Vriesland genoemd in de leesles in de Joodsche Jeugdkrant. Barry van Baalen plaatste dit op 23 juni 2020 op de Facebook groep Oud Gorcum, de woonplaats van Ies en Esther.

Placed by
An Huitzing
On 25 Jun 2020
joodse jeugdkrant Betsalel

22 november 1934

Placed by
Manja
On 6 Jan 2024
NIW

30 juli 1926

Placed by
Manja
On 7 Jan 2024

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Redactie Joods Monument

Addition 7 Apr 2016

Meijer Nort and his family

The whole family commited suicide just after the capitulation and they are burried in the Jewish cemetry in Gorinchem.
This family is commemorated on a memorial in Gorinchem. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

source: the Archives of Gorinchem

Redactie Joods Monument

Addition 13 Jul 2022

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 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 the firs…