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Before he died  he "asked a friend to testify after the war that homosexuals are not cowards". In 1980 the Dutch goverment posthumously award him a medal

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Before he died  he "asked a friend to testify after the war that homosexuals are not cowards". In 1980 the Dutch goverment posthumously award him a medal

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1 of 6 children, his parents were theater costume designers  

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1 of 6 children, his parents were theater costume designers  

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He started to write a biography in 1938 about a Dutch painter Matthijis Maris later the book was published

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He started to write a biography in 1938 about a Dutch painter Matthijis Maris later the book was published

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He left home at the age of 17 and started to write and paint. In 1920 he was hired to paint a mural for the Rotterdam town hall

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He left home at the age of 17 and started to write and paint. In 1920 he was hired to paint a mural for the Rotterdam town hall

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On March 27,1943 he fought with his resistance by setting fire to the Amsterdam registry building burning thousands of records and false identiny paper

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On March 27,1943 he fought with his resistance by setting fire to the Amsterdam registry building burning thousands of records and false identiny paper

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He sadly died by execution in July with 11 other people

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He sadly died by execution in July with 11 other people

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*Born in Naarden, Netherlands August 22,1894                                *died on April  1, 1943

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*Born in Naarden, Netherlands August 22,1894                                *died on April  1, 1943