Anton de Kom
Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (22 February 1898 ā 24 April 1945[lower-alpha 1]) 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]
Anton de Kom | |
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Born | Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (1898-02-22)22 February 1898 |
Died | 24 April 1945(1945-04-24) (aged 47) Stalag X-B, Sandbostel, Germany |
Occupation(s) | Resistance fighter, author |