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20th-century resistance fighters

50 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aat Breur-HibmaArtist · PaintingsAdriana Klazina "Aat" Breur-Hibma (Hibma: 28 December 1913 – 31 December 2002) was a Dutch draftswoman and painter.
Adolfo KaminskyPhotographer · PhotographyAdolfo Kaminsky (or Adolphe; 1 October 1925 – 9 January 2023) was an Argentine-born member of the French Resistance, specializing in the forgery of identity documents (IDs), and a…
Albrecht HaushoferAuthor · BooksIllustration — Albrecht Haushofer
Assata ShakurAuthor · BooksAssata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947 – September 25, 2025) was a Black American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black…
Bruno ApitzPerson · Film memorabiliaBruno Apitz (28 April 1900 – 7 April 1979) was a German writer and a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Carl SzokollPerson · Film memorabiliaCarl Szokoll (15 October 1915 – 25 August 2004) was an Austrian resistance fighter involved in the 20 July Plot, major in the Wehrmacht, and, after the war, author and film producer.
Dubravka UgrešićAuthor · BooksDubravka Ugrešić (lang; 27 March 1949 – 17 March 2023) was a Yugoslav-Croatian and Dutch writer.
Ernest MandelAuthor · BooksErnest Ezra Mandel (lang; 5 April 1923 – 20 July 1995), also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter, was a Belgian Marxian economist,…
Esther BejaranoPerson · Music memorabiliaEsther Béjarano (Löwy; 15 December 1924 – 10 July 2021) was one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-SchmenzinAuthor · BooksEwald-Heinrich Hermann Konrad Oskar Ulrich Wolf Alfred von Kleist-Schmenzin (10 July 1922 – 8 March 2013) was a German publisher and convenor of the Munich Conference on Security Policy…
Falk HarnackPerson · Film memorabiliaFalk Harnack (2 March 1913 – 3 September 1991) was a German director and screenwriter.
Freya von MoltkeAuthor · BooksFreya von Moltke (née Deichmann; 29 March 1911 – 1 January 2010) was a German American lawyer and participant in the anti-Nazi opposition group, the Kreisau Circle, with her husband,…
Fritz DiezPerson · Film memorabiliaFritz Diez (27 February 1901 – 19 October 1979) was a German actor, producer, director and theater manager.
Gerrit KouwenaarAuthor · BooksGerrit Kouwenaar (9 August 1923 – 4 September 2014) was a Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer.
Gerrit van der VeenArtist · SilverVan der Veen
Hannah SzenesAuthor · BooksHannah Szenes (often anglicized as Hannah Senesh or Chanah Senesh; Szenes Hanna; 17 July 1921 – 7 November 1944) was a Jewish poet, playwright, and resistance operative trained by the…
Hans Bernd GiseviusAuthor · BooksGustav-Adolf Timotheus Hans Bernd Gisevius (14 July 1904 – 23 February 1974) was a German politician, Gestapo and Abwehr officer and diplomat during the Second World War.
Jan CampertAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jan Campert
Jan KarskiAuthor · BooksJan Karski (lang; birthname: Jan Kozielewski, lang; 24 June 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish soldier, resistance-fighter, and diplomat during World War II.
Jan van Borssum BuismanPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Relief in Vlaardingen
Jan van HoofArtist · PaintingsJan Jozef Lambert van Hoof (7 August 1922 – 19 September 1944) was a member of the Dutch resistance in World War II, who aided the Allies during Operation Market Garden.
Jean AméryAuthor · BooksJean Améry (31 October 191217 October 1978), born Hans Chaim Maier, was an Austrian-born essayist who wrote about his experiences surviving the Holocaust.
Jean-Louis CurtisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean-Louis Curtis 1947, photo by Studio Harcourt.
Johan van HulstAuthor · BooksJohan Willem van Hulst (28 January 1911 – 22 March 2018) was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician, chess player and centenarian.
Joop den UylAuthor · BooksJohannes Marten den Uijl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987), better known as Joop den Uyl, was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to…
Krystyna KrahelskaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Krystyna Krahelska (1938)
Lilly BecherAuthor · BooksLilly Becher (Korpus, 27 January 1901, Nuremberg – 20 September 1978, Berlin) was a German writer, journalist and communist activist.
Lise LondonAuthor · BooksLise London (15 February 1916 – 31 March 2012) was a French communist politician and activist.
Madeleine BourdouxheAuthor · BooksIllustration — Madeleine Bourdouxhe
Margarete Buber-NeumannAuthor · BooksMargarete Buber-Neumann (née Thüring; 21 October 1901 – 6 November 1989) was a German writer. She wrote the
Martha DoddAuthor · BooksMartha Eccles Dodd (October 8, 1908 – August 10, 1990) was an American journalist and novelist.
Max VelthuijsIllustrator · IllustrationMax Velthuijs (22 May 1923 – 25 January 2005) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and writer, one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands.
Michael SmussArtist · PaintingsMichael Smuss (15 April 1926 – 21 October 2025) was a survivor of the Holocaust and an artist. Smuss was the last surviving resistance fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Miep GiesAuthor · BooksHermine "Miep" Gies (lang; Santrouschitz; 15 February 1909 – 11 January 2010) was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family (Otto, Margot, Edith) and four other Dutch Jews…
Norbert SchmelzerPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Klaus Norbert Schmelzer (22 March 1921 – 14 November 2008) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as party leader of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) from 1963 to 1971 and…
Oda SchottmüllerArtist · SculptureOda Schottmüller (9 February 1905 – 5 August 1943) was an expressive dancer, mask maker and sculptor.
Otto BraunAuthor · BooksOtto Braun (28 September 1900 – 15 August 1974) was a German communist journalist and functionary of the Communist Party of Germany with a long and varied career.
Pierre DaixPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Georges Daix (24 May 1922 – 2 November 2014) was a French journalist, writer and art historian. He was a friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso.
Raymond LeblancPerson · Film memorabiliaRaymond Leblanc (French: [ləblɑ̃]; 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgian comic book publisher, film director and film producer, best known for publishing works such as The Adventures…
Robert HébrasAuthor · BooksRobert Hébras (29 June 1925 – 11 February 2023) was one of only six people to survive the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre by Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS Das Reich Panzer Division on 10 June 1944.
Sigurd EvensmoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sigurd Evensmo
Simon CarmiggeltAuthor · BooksSimon Carmiggelt (7 October 191330 November 1987) was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns…
Thomas BlattAuthor · BooksThomas "Toivi" Blatt (born Tomasz Blatt; April 15, 1927 – October 31, 2015) was a Holocaust survivor, writer of mémoires, and public speaker, who at the age of 16 escaped from the Sobibór…
Werner DisselPerson · Film memorabiliaWerner Friedrich Dissel (26 August 1912 – 22 January 2003) was a German actor, director, and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime.
Willi BredelAuthor · BooksWilli Bredel (2 May 1901 – 27 October 1964) was a German writer and president of the East German Academy of Arts, Berlin.
Wolfgang BorchertAuthor · BooksWolfgang Borchert (lang; 20 May 1921 – 20 November 1947) was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the…
Zivia LubetkinAuthor · BooksZivia Lubetkin (Cywia Lubetkin, nom de guerre: Celina; 9 November 1914 – 11 July 1978) was one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the only woman on the…

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