Biography

About Susanna Broekhuijsen-Hilsum

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Susanna Hilsum, daughter of Levie Jacob Hilsum and Reintje Rooselaar, married 7 March 1901 in Den Haag to Maurits Broekhuijsen, a son of Moses Broekhuijsen and Hester Zwart.
Municipal Archive of Den Haag, family registration card of Maurits Broekhuijsen and the Civil Registry, index marriages and certificate of death.

From the tekst of the certificate of death nr, 1243, made oud 17 May 1940 of the Civil Registry of Den Haag, it appeared that Barend Polak, aged 22, civil servant of the Nederlands Israëlitische Gemeente (Dutch Israelitic Community), has been declared from his own knowledge, that on the 15th of this month at nine o'clock, 0 minutes he has found deceased: Hilsum, Susanna, 63 years of age, without profession, residing here, widow of Broekhuijsen, Maurits, daughter of Hilsum, Levie Jacob and Roosalaar, Reintje, both deceased.
//Municipal Archive of Den Haag, certificate of death nr. 1243 of the Civil Registry.

Susanna Hilsum committed suicide together with her husband Maurits Broekhuijsen, on the 15th of May, 1940.

They are burried on the Jewish cemetery in Wassenaar.

Source: Lucas Ligtenberg, “Mij krijgen ze niet levend” Uitgeverij Balans 2017, ISBN 978 94 600 3845 7

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