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| Born | Johannes Cornelis Princen 21 November 1925 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 2 February 2002 (aged 76) Jakarta, Indonesia |
Johannes Cornelis Princen (21 November 1925 – 2 February 2002), also known as Poncke Princen, was a Dutch anti-Nazi fighter and activist. In 1948, he deserted the Dutch military,[1] joining the Indonesian independence guerrillas in what was then the Dutch Indies.[2]
For his anti-Nazi activities, he was imprisoned at several Nazi prisons and camps in the Netherlands and Germany. After going over to the Indonesian guerrillas who opposed Dutch rule, he lived the rest of his life in Indonesia, where he became a human rights activist and political dissident under various dictatorial regimes and consequently spent time in detention in Indonesia too.
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- ^ Olsthoorn, Peter (2015). Honor in political and moral philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4384-5547-1. OCLC 1005168685.