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Anton de Kom | |
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| Born | 22 February 1898 Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Died | 24 April 1945 Sandbostel, Germany |
| Cause of death | Murder by Nazis |
Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (22 February 1898 – 24 April 1945) was a Surinamese resistance fighter and communist. The Dutch colonizers imprisoned him and exiled him to the Netherlands, where he joined the anti-fascist resistance. He died in the Neuengamme concentration camp.[1]
The New Communist Party of the Netherlands regularly commemmorates De Kom's work as an anti-colonial revolutionary and antifascist resistance fighter.[2] It and its youth wing have argued that De Kom's explicit communism is being ignored or downplayed in mainstream commemmorations and coverages of De Kom.[3]
References
- ↑ "NCPN: On the honorary rehabilitation of Anton de Kom by the Dutch government" (2023-07-02). In Defense of Communism. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ "Speech: Commemmoration Anton de Kom" (2021-06-18). Voorwaarts.net. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ "Anton de Kom: Surinamer, verzetsstrijder, communist" (2020-04-24). Voorwaarts.net. Retrieved 2023-07-03.