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

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.