Anton de Kom

Anton de Kom
Born
Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom

(1898-02-22)22 February 1898
Paramaribo, Suriname
Died24 April 1945(1945-04-24) (aged 47)
Stalag X-B, Sandbostel, Germany
Occupation(s)Resistance fighter, author

Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (22 February 1898 – 24 April 1945[a]) was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author. He was arrested in Surinam[3] and the protest against his arrest resulted in two deaths.[4][5] De Kom was subsequently exiled to the Netherlands where he wrote Wij slaven van Suriname ("We Slaves of Surinam"), an anti-colonial book.[3] During World War II, he joined the resistance, was arrested, and sent to concentration camps where he died.[6] In 2020, de Kom was added as a subject on the Canon of the Netherlands, a chronological list of fifty key events and people in Dutch history to be taught in schools.[7]

  1. ^ "Verzetsstrijder - Anton de Kom". Public History University of Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Page 568 - Honorary List". erelijst.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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  7. ^ "Out go the canals, in comes Anton de Kom in new list of Dutch history icons". DutchNews.nl. 22 June 2020.


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