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Max Van Weezel
Max Hans van Weezel (9 July 1951 – 11 April 2019) was a Dutch journalist and politician. He was also a political writer and commentator for the Vrij Nederland. Biography Van Weezel was one of two sons of Carry Blitz and Richard van Weezel. He graduated from Stedelijk high school in Leiden in 1969 and studied politics and social studies at the University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan .... Van Weezel was active at ASVS General Student Association Amsterdam, as an education secretary. Between 1973 and 1976 he was a member of CPN and along with his wife journalist Anet Bleich, he released the book Ga dan zelf naar Siberië! (1978). In 1976, he started as a journalist at Vrij Nederland, where he wrote the column 'Het Wereldje'. In 1981, he became the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrij Nederland
''Vrij Nederland'' (Free Netherlands) is a Dutch magazine, established during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II as an underground newspaper. It has since grown into a magazine. The originally weekly turned monthly magazine in 2016 is traditionally intellectually left-wing. Over the years, it has become more centrist, in recent years reverting back to a generally progressive outlook on politics, social justice and climate, among other topics. It is one of the four most influential written media in its sector, along with ''Elsevier (magazine), Elsevier'', ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' and ''HP/De Tijd'', all with a dwindling readership. Publisher of Vrij Nederland is WPG Uitgevers in Amsterdam. The offices of Vrij Nederland are in the headquarters of WPG at Wibautstraat 133. The first issue of Vrij Nederland was published on 31 August 1940. The chief editors were: * 1940–1942: Frans Hofker * 1941–1950: Henk van Randwijk * 1950–1955: Johan Winkler * 1955†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiden
Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046 (31 January 2023), but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Statistics Netherlands, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn, at a distance of some from The Hague to its south and some from Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlands still in operation. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). It is also part of the largest research universities in Europe with 31,186 students, 4,794 staff, 1,340 PhD students and an annual budget of €600 million. It is the List of universities in the Netherlands, largest university in the Netherlands by enrollment. The main campus is located in Amsterdam-Centrum, central Amsterdam, with a few faculties located in adjacent Government of Amsterdam, boroughs. The university is organised into seven faculties: Humanities, Social science, Social and Psychology, Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Science, Law, Medicine, Dentistry. Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anet Bleich
Anet Bleich (born 2 September 1951) is a Dutch journalist, political commentator, author, columnist and writer. Biography Ada Netty "Anet" Bleich's father was the journalist Herman Bleich (1917–1995), a refugee originally from Bochnia whose family had fled to Weimar Germany, Germany and then, after Machtergreifung, 1933, escaped to The Hague where, by this time, his sister Rosa was living, and which is where Anet Bleich was born in 1951 and grew up. During the postwar years Herman Bleich spent seven years as chairman Foreign Press Association in the Netherlands. For fifty years he was the Netherlands correspondent for mainstream national newspapers in Germany, Switzerland and Israel. Many years later Anet Bleich confided to a student-interviewer that when she was ten she had dreamed of growing up to become a "professional revolutionary, like Rosa Luxemburg". Subsequently, she attended the Gymnasium Haganum where she was at one stage "editor in chief" of the school magazine, ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
