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==Description==
 
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Painter, writer.  Resistance fighter, caught and sentenced to death by firing squad.  Received a medal of honour after the war from Dutch government.
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Painter, writer.  Resistance fighter, caught and sentenced to death by firing squad.  Notable for bombing the Dutch Public Records Office to prohibit the Germans from discovering LGBTQ individuals in the country.  Received a medal of honour after the war from Dutch government.
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==See Also==
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* [[Early European LGBTQ Activists]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/idcard.php?ModuleId=10006538
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* http://www.ozy.com/flashback/willem-arondeus-the-openly-gay-anti-fascist-resistance-fighter/32825
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUQHEw3auj0
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 8 February 2016

Willem Arondeus

Country

Netherlands

Birth - Death

1895 - 1943

Occupation

Artist

Description

Painter, writer. Resistance fighter, caught and sentenced to death by firing squad. Notable for bombing the Dutch Public Records Office to prohibit the Germans from discovering LGBTQ individuals in the country. Received a medal of honour after the war from Dutch government.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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