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Wim Sanders
Wim Sanders (9 August 1908 – 11 April 1995) was a Dutch politician and World War II resistance fighter. Biography Sanders grew up in Enschede. His father was a councilor and alderman on behalf of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), SDAP. Sanders obtained his Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs, Mulo diploma in 1925 and then got a police job, first in Lonneker as a clerk and later in Enschede as an inspector. As a border municipality, Enschede in the 1930s regularly had to deal with Judaism, Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, Germany. The order from The Hague was to transfer them back across the border if they had no valid papers. Sanders contributed to this. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, German invasion in May 1940 Sanders assisted the occupying forces in the arrest of several Twente, Twentse Communism, Communists (in June 1941) and Jewish Enschedeers (in September 1941). Most detainees from the latter groups lost their lives in the Mauthausen conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnhem
Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland, located on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem is home to the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Netherlands Open Air Museum, Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein', Royal Burgers' Zoo, NOC*NSF and National Sports Centre Papendal. The north corner of the municipality is part of the Hoge Veluwe National Park. It is approximately in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands. History Early history The oldest archeological findings of human activity around Arnhem are two firestones of about 70,000 years ago. These come from the Stone Age, when the Neanderthals lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
