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


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About Joop Kolkman

  • 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.

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