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Willem Arondeus (left) and writer A. Roland Holst (right) dancing at a garden party.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 21531
Willem Arondeus (left) and writer A. Roland Holst (right) dancing at a garden party. Later during the war, Arondeus led a gay resistance group in Amsterdam that was responsible for bombing the Amsterdam Population Registry offices. The bombing was carried out in an effort to destroy government records on Jews and others sought by the Nazis. As a result of the act, Arondeus was executed in 1943. His efforts as a rescuer have been recognized by Yad Vashem and the USHMM.

Willem Arondeus (left) and writer A. Roland Holst (right) dancing at a garden party.

Later during the war, Arondeus led a gay resistance group in Amsterdam that was responsible for bombing the Amsterdam Population Registry offices. The bombing was carried out in an effort to destroy government records on Jews and others sought by the Nazis. As a result of the act, Arondeus was executed in 1943. His efforts as a rescuer have been recognized by Yad Vashem and the USHMM.

Date
June 1931 - August 1931
Locale
Aerdenhout, The Netherlands
Photo Designation
Homosexuals -- Daily Life/Portraits
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Toni Boumans

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Toni Boumans
 
Record last modified: 2011-02-01 00:00:00
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