Het Parool
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Het Parool is an Amsterdam-based daily newspaper. It was first published on 10 February 1941 as a resistance paper during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In English, its name means The Passw
Page from the edition of 3 March 1945
Printing press of Het Parool
Office building of Het Parool
Wim van Norden
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Wim van Norden 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
Het Parool
…name means The Password or The Motto. The paper was preceded by a stenciled newsletter which was started in May 1940 by Frans Goedhart. In late 1940, Wim van Norden joined the group of producers of the newsletter; Van Norden would later serve as director of the newspaper between 1945 and 1979. Jaap Nunes Vaz also…
Van Norden at the age of 95.
The Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam where Van Norden lived and worked during (and after) the War