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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLGBT History Month: Meet the Dutch gay man who defied the Nazis & saved thousands of lives
In the final days before his execution in July 1943 at the hands of the Nazi party, Willem Arondeus asked his lawyer for one last request: to spread a message after he was gone.
Let it be known, he said. Homosexuals are not cowards.
A battle cry of defiance and a bold assertion of his strength, Arondeus lived his life by these words. An openly gay man and a tireless member of the Dutch resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he willingly sacrificed his life for a mission that ultimately protected hundreds of thousands of Jews lives.
A budding artist struggling to survive
From an early age, Arondeus was no stranger to the concept of defiance.
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Behind the Aegis
(53,831 posts)dsc
(52,130 posts)I wonder just how much LGBT history I still don't know.
leftstreet
(36,078 posts)Wikipedia has photos of his drawings (I don't know how to link the photos themselve)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Arondeus
roamer65
(36,739 posts)God bless his soul.