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A. den Doolaard in Radio Oranje broadcast

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A. den Doolaard in Radio Oranje broadcast

Photograph of A. den Doolaard (alias of Bob Spoelstra), during a Radio Oranje broadcast in 1943. A. den Doolaard was an active PEN member, and in 1971 founded the PEN Emergency Fund – a Netherlands based fund which supports critically persecuted writers and writers in exile with a one-off allowance to help them maintain themselves, and in some cases their families, in an emergency. From 1941-43 Doolaard became a well-known broadcaster on both Radio Oranje and Radio De Brandaris, two of the most important sources of information for the Netherlands during wartime.

A. den Doolaard in Radio Oranje broadcast

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A. den Doolaard en un programa de Radio Oranje

Fotografía de A. den Doolaard (seudónimo de Bob Spoelstra), durante un programa de Radio Oranje, en 1943. A. den Doolaard fue un miembro activo de PEN, que fundó el PEN Emergency Fund en 1971, un fondo gestionado desde los Países Bajos que apoya a escritores en estados críticos de persecución y exilio, con una dotación única para mantenerse a ellos mismos y, en muchos casos, también a sus famílias, durante la emergencia. De 1941 a 1943, Doolaard se convirtió en un conocido locutor tanto en Radio Oranje como en Radio De Brandaris, dos de las fuentes de información más importantes en los Países Bajos durante la segunda guerra mundial.

Date:

01/01/1943

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[Netherlands Centre]

Centre:

Netherlands Centre  (PEN Nederland)

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