Willem Arondeus

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Willem Arondeus was a Dutch artist and openly gay resistance fighter during World War II, best known for his role in the 1943 attack on Amsterdam’s population registry to hinder Nazi persecution of Jews.

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instanceOf Dutch resistance member
LGBT person
artist
gay man
human
painter
causeOfDeath execution by firing squad
commemoratedIn Dutch LGBT history
memorials to Dutch resistance fighters
countryOfBirth Netherlands NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
countryOfDeath Netherlands NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1894-08-22
dateOfDeath 1943-07-01
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName Arondeus NERFINISHED
genre biographical writing
historical writing
givenName Willem NERFINISHED
hasRole organizer of resistance attack on population registry
legacy symbol of LGBT resistance to Nazism
mannerOfDeath execution
movement Dutch resistance movement
notableFor openly gay resistance activities
sabotaging Nazi registration records
notableWork attack on the Amsterdam population registry
occupation artist
painter
resistance fighter
writer
opponentOf Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
antisemitism
participantIn Dutch resistance NERFINISHED
World War II
attack on the Amsterdam population registry
placeOfBirth Naarden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Haarlem NERFINISHED
religion non-religious
residence Amsterdam
said “Homosexuals are not cowards.”
sexOrGender male
sexualOrientation homosexual
timePeriod 20th century
wasArrestedBy German occupation authorities in the Netherlands NERFINISHED
wasConvictedOf resistance activities against Nazi regime
sabotage
workedOn book illustrations
murals

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Dutch resistance notableMember Willem Arondeus