Figures in The Dutch Resistance
See also: Dutch Resistance members- Aart Alblas
- Willem Arondeus
- Frieda Belinfante
- Christiaan Boers
- Corrie ten Boom
- Jack van der Geest
- Titus Brandsma
- Sally Dormits
- Jan Gies, husband of Miep Gies and fellow helper who hid and cared for Anne Frank, her family, and the others in hiding with them
- Frans Goedhart, founder of Het Parool
- Daan Goulooze
- Paul de Groot
- Walraven van Hall
- Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema
- Jan van Hoof
- Bernardus IJzerdraat
- Gerrit Kastein
- Anton de Kom
- Helena Kuipers-Rietberg a.k.a 'tante Riek', 'mother of all onderduikers'
- George Maduro
- Geertruida Middendorp
- Hendrik Middendorp
- Allard Oosterhuis
- Mona Louise Parsons
- Jaap Penraat
- Henri Pieck
- Johannes Post and his brother Marinus Post
- Hannie Schaft, "the girl with the red hair"
- Pierre Schunck of the Valkenburg resistance
- Henk Sneevliet
- Han Stijkel
- Bram van der Stok
- Gerrit van der Veen
- Koos Vorrink
- Gerben Wagenaar
- Aart Gerardus Lekskes
Read more about this topic: Dutch Resistance
Famous quotes containing the words figures, dutch and/or resistance:
“The human heart concerns us more than the poring into microscopes, and is larger than can be measured by the pompous figures of the astronomer.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Too nice is neighbor’s fool.”
—Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.
“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
—Sun Tzu (6–5th century B.C.)