Nathan Frederik Israël was the son of Abraham Israël and Schoontje Cohen. His first wife died in 1937, after which he was married again, to a non-Jewish woman. The four children born of the two marriages survived the war.
Nathan Frederik Israël was involved in the resistance. On 15 August several members of the Landwacht stormed the building where he was in hiding. They were led by Robertson, wh…