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    Dutch resistance

    Resistance movements opposed to the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II
    Dutch resistance
    Overview: The Dutch resistance (Dutch: Nederlands verzet) to the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II can be mainly characterized as non-violent. The primary organizers were the Communist Party ...
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    Marx–Lenin–Luxemburg Front

    Political party in the Netherlands
    Marx–Lenin–Luxemburg Front
    Overview: The Marx-Lenin-Luxemburg-Front was a resistance movement founded by Henk Sneevliet, Willem Dolleman and Abraham Menist, some months after the German invasion of the Netherlands on 10 May 1940. It lasted ...
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    François van 't Sant

    Police commissioner
    François van 't Sant
    Overview: François van 't Sant ( 11 February 1883 – 3 June 1966) was a Dutch head-commissioner of police, leading intelligence figure and confidant of Queen Wilhelmina and other members of the Dutch Royal ...
    Date of birth: 2 November 1883
    Date of death: 3 June 1966
    Age: 82 (age at death)
    Nationality: Dutch
    Occupation: Spy
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    Henk Jonker

    Dutch photographer
    Overview: Hendrik Peter "Henk" Jonker (Berkhout, 23 November 1912 – Amsterdam, 24 September 2002) was a Dutch photographer. During World War II, he documented the impact of the German occupation of the Netherlands ...
    Date of birth: 23 November 1912
    Date of death: 24 September 2002
    Age: 89 (age at death)
    Occupation: Photographer
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    Eduard Hellendoorn

    Dutch artist
    Eduard Hellendoorn
    Overview: Eduard Carel Frederik Hellendoorn (1912-1941) was a painter and Dutch resistance fighter.
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    Comet Line

    Belgian resistance group
    Comet Line
    Overview: The helpers gambled their homes—even the lives of their families—to help the airmen escape, and many of them lost ... it is not difficult to understand that over 50 years later tributes are still paid ...
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    February strike

    1941 labour strike in the German-occupied Netherlands during WWII
    February strike
    Overview: The February strike (Dutch: Februaristaking) of 1941 was a general strike in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. It was organized by the outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defence ...
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    Resistance Memorial Cross
    Overview: The Resistance Memorial Cross or Resistance Commemorative Cross (Dutch: Verzetsherdenkingskruis) is a medal awarded in the Netherlands to members of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War.
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    Alice Cohn

    German-Jewish graphic artist and forger
    Overview: Alice Cohn (1914–2000) was a German-Jewish graphic artist who forged Dutch identity cards (persoonsbewijs) for Jews and the Dutch resistance during World War II. In her work for the Dutch resistance after ...
    Date of birth: 1914
    Date of death: 2000
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Occupation: Designer
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    Trix Terwindt
    Overview: Beatrice Wilhelmina Marie Albertina (Trix) Terwindt ( b. Arnhem, Netherlands, 27 February 1911 – Oegstgeest, Netherlands, 7 April 1987) was in the Dutch resistance during World War II. After escaping from ...
    Date of death: 7 April 1987
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    Woeste Hoeve

    hamlet in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
    Woeste Hoeve
    Overview: De Woeste Hoeve is a hamlet in the Netherlands between Apeldoorn and Arnhem, which is remembered for an incident in the Second World War when, during the night of 6 March 1945, Dutch resistance fighters ...
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    Dutch Cross of Resistance
    Overview: The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: Cross of Resistance 1940–1945) is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded in recognition of the individual ...
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    Radio Oranje

    British-Dutch radio program
    Radio Oranje
    Overview: Radio Oranje ("Radio Orange") was a Dutch radio programme on the BBC European Service broadcast to the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. It was transmitted from London and broadcast pro ...
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