Jan Campert
Dutch poet (1902-1943) · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Died at 40
Jan Remco Theodoor Campert was a Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding Jews. He was held in the Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died.
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![Memorial for Jan Campert by Helen Ferdinand [nl], Spijkenisse.text reads:A cell is scarcely two meters longand barely two meters wide,still smaller is the plot of ground,I do not yet know,where I shall lie unnamed,my comrades too,we were eighteen in number,none will see the evening.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Jan_Campert_monument_Spijkenisse_detail.jpg/500px-Jan_Campert_monument_Spijkenisse_detail.jpg)
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Netherlands
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1943 · aged 40
