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Joop Westerweel
August 11, 1944
Dutch resistance member (1899-1944)
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Joop Westerweel was a Dutch teacher, pacifist and resistance fighter against National Socialism. The members of the Westerweel group organized identification papers, hiding places and escape options, especially for Jewish children and young people who had fled Nazi Germany. The group consisted of Jews and non-Jews working together to save Jewish lives.
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- Anniversary · August 11
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