Ad van Liempt (; born 21 May 1949,

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journalist, writer and a TV producer. He has written several books, including a biography of

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. He also initiated the history program ''

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he is best known for his book ''Kopgeld: Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943'' which was translated into English and published as ''Hitler's Bounty Hunters: The Betrayal of the Jews''. It described the process by which

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s paid bounties to Dutch people, particularly police and members of the Central Bureau for Jewish Emigration, for information on the locations of

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s. He wrote ''Selma: De vrouw die Sobibor overleefde'' (2010), a biography of Selma Engel-Wijnberg, one of two Dutch survivors of

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during the

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