Joop Kolkman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joop Kolkman

Dutch diplomat, Righteous Among the Nations

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1896

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1944

Profession: diplomat, journalist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Joseph Willem (Joop) Kolkman (1 December 1896 – 8 February 1944) was a Dutch journalist and diplomat.
During World War II he worked as vice-consul in Perpignan, France and helped save numerous Jewish refugees from persecution.
In 2014 he was posthumously awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's institute of Holocaust remembrance Yad Vashem.