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Jan Bonekamp: Dutch Resistance Fighter Who Assassinated Nazi Collaborators
Jan Bonekamp was a Dutch communist resistance fighter who took increasingly dangerous action against the German occupation, eventually participating in armed attacks against Dutch collaborators working with the Nazi regime.
Born in Amsterdam in 1914, Bonekamp was a metalworker who became involved in the resistance soon after Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940. The occupation authorities established a civil administration under Reich Commissioner Arthur Seyss-Inquart and gradually introduced measures that stripped Dutch Jews of their rights, property, and freedom.
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