Elisabeth was a Dutch civilian war casualty of World War II. She was killed on Kelfkensbos street, amidst a large crowd sheltering at a tram stop. A cluster bomb fell into the crowd, killing thirty-nine people. It was part of a large scale, Allied-led bombing of the city of Nijmegen on February 22, 1944.
"Together with Maartje Noordhof, Bets Heijnen, daughter of the caretaker of the training college Gerardus Heijnen and Johanna E.Sulzmann, went skating on the ice rink on the Waal. On the Voerweg she was hit by bombs and maimed beyond recognition." (source: https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/)
"Together with Maartje Noordhof, Bets Heijnen, daughter of the caretaker of the training college Gerardus Heijnen and Johanna E.Sulzmann, went skating on the ice rink on the Waal. On the Voerweg she was hit by bombs and maimed beyond recognition." (source: https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/)
Elisabeth was a Dutch civilian war casualty of World War II. She was killed on Kelfkensbos street, amidst a large crowd sheltering at a tram stop. A cluster bomb fell into the crowd, killing thirty-nine people. It was part of a large scale, Allied-led bombing of the city of Nijmegen on February 22, 1944.
"Together with Maartje Noordhof, Bets Heijnen, daughter of the caretaker of the training college Gerardus Heijnen and Johanna E.Sulzmann, went skating on the ice rink on the Waal. On the Voerweg she was hit by bombs and maimed beyond recognition." (source: https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/)
"Together with Maartje Noordhof, Bets Heijnen, daughter of the caretaker of the training college Gerardus Heijnen and Johanna E.Sulzmann, went skating on the ice rink on the Waal. On the Voerweg she was hit by bombs and maimed beyond recognition." (source: https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/)
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