The Wiardi Beckman Stichting (The Wiardi Beckman Foundation) is a Dutch think tank linked to the
left-of-centre Labour Party (PvdA).
[http://www.wbs.nl/over-de-wbs Information Wiardi Beckman Stichting]
The foundation is named after
Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman
Herman may refer to:
People
* Herman (name), list of people with this name
* Saint Herman (disambiguation)
* Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman
Places in the United States
* Herman, Arkansas
* Herman, Michigan
* Herman, Minneso ...
, a member of the Dutch
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
, who during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
was summoned by
Queen Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina (; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as ...
to become a member of the
war cabinet, but who was caught by the
Sicherheitsdienst
' (, "Security Service"), full title ' ("Security Service of the ''Reichsführer-SS''"), or SD, was the intelligence agency of the Schutzstaffel, SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Established in 1931, the SD was the first Nazi intelligence ...
and who died in the
Dachau concentration camp
Dachau (, ; , ; ) was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, s ...
.
[http://www.wbs.nl/over-de-wbs/hb-wiardi-beckman Biography Wiardi Beckman]
The foundation has published the magazine ''Socialisme & Democratie'' (Socialism & Democracy) since 1970.
References
External links
Official website of the Wiardi Beckman Stichting (In Dutch)
Labour Party (Netherlands)
Foundations based in the Netherlands
Think tanks based in the Netherlands
Political organisations based in the Netherlands
Political research institutes
Socialist think tanks
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