The double murder at Brekelsveld in Rotterdam-Zuidwijk in 1963 is considered one of the most notorious unsolved cases in the Netherlands. How have the surviving relatives fared since then? Marlies van Leeuwen, a great-niece of the victims, recorded their story: “The traumas still run deep in the family.”
In 1963, Rotterdam was shocked by the violent murder of a young mother and her son. Sixty years after the fatal winter night, journalist Marlies van Leeuwen delves into the tragedy that unfolded within her own family. Read it here.
The double murder at Brekelsveld in Rotterdam-Zuidwijk in 1963 is considered one of the most notorious unsolved cases in the Netherlands. How have the surviving relatives fared since then? Marlies van Leeuwen, a great-niece of the victims, recorded their story: “The traumas still run deep in the family.”