Wim van Norden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wim van Norden

Dutch journalist (1917-2015)

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1917

Place of Birth: Bussum, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 29-May-2015

Profession: resistance fighter, journalist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Wim van Norden

  • Wim van Norden (13 June 1917 – 29 May 2015) was a Dutch journalist.
  • He was one of the founders of the resistance paper Het Parool during World War II.
  • He was jailed for six months by the Germans in 1942 but was later released due to lack of evidence for his involvement with Het Parool.
  • Van Norden was active in the resistance for the remainder of the war.
  • After the war he became director of the newspaper and although he originally planned to serve for only several months he kept his function until 1979.
  • Van Norden was responsible for the founding of the publishing company Perscombinatie in which three newspapers worked together.

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