• Foni@lemmy.zip
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    10 months ago

    Fucking legend. I hope there will be squares and schools named in his honor.

  • papalonian@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Check out his Wikipedia. After joining the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance, he partnered up with a radical periodical editor and a lesbian resistance fighter to start producing fake ID cards. They blew up the Records Office because thats who was able to verify the legitimacy (or lack there of) of said ID cards.

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Because we, being meticulous dutch people, recorded everyone’s religion on their passport…

    Thankfully, we had a few heroes!

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      10 months ago

      This is exactly the reason why collecting data about race and religion of people is illegal in France since WWII.