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Herdenk Pietje Metz-Ligtenstein

Pietje Metz-Ligtenstein

Strijen, – Den Haag,

Reached the age of 70 years

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About Pietje Metz-Ligtenstein

Pietje Ligtenstein was the daughter of Mozes Ligtenstein and Cornelia Schooning.
Gemeentearchief Den Haag. Overlijdensakte van Pietje Ligtenstein

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Daniel Tobias Metz and his family

Shortly after the German invasion of the Netherlands, Daniel Tobias Metz and his wife Pietje Ligtenstein committed suicide.
Gemeentearchief Den Haag. Overlijdensaktes

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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 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…

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