Wim van Norden | |
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 Van Norden at the age of 95. | |
| Born | 13 June 1917 Bussum, Netherlands |
| Died | 29 May 2015 (aged 97) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Wim van Norden (13 June 1917 – 29 May 2015) was a Dutch journalist. He was one of the founders of the resistance paper Het Parool during World War II. He was jailed for six months by the Germans in 1942 but was later released due to lack of evidence for his involvement with Het Parool. Van Norden was active in the resistance for the remainder of the war. After the war he became director of the newspaper and although he originally planned to serve for only several months he kept his function until 1979. Van Norden was responsible for the founding of the publishing company Perscombinatie in which three newspapers worked together.