Texas Resistance
You are probably a young person.
However in my junkets abroad with the Green machine I met older (68-75) folks who would do just that. If the lady had no questions in her mind that the family would end up in a work camp or worse a research facility the though of going to Yahweh together would seem the better choice.
While a younger person would adopt the reasoning that they can escape later the elderly will always know that once in they and their loved one will never escape.
The Muslims have no lock on suicide attacks. They learned it from youths with white cloths emblazoned with a Red Cross. History is filled with courageous men and women who went to guaranteed death in lieu of captivity. Some took their family, some their friends, and others were able to take just the enemy.