Anton de Kom
Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist
Died when: 47 years 61 days (566 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (22 February 1898 – 24 April 1945) was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.He was arrested in Suriname and the protest against his arrest resulted in two deaths.
De Kom was subsequently exiled to the Netherlands where he wrote Wij slaven van Suriname ("We Slaves of Surinam"), an anti-colonial book.
During World War II, he joined the resistance, was arrested, and sent to concentration camps where he died.In 2020, de Kom was added as a subject on the Canon of the Netherlands, a chronological list of fifty key events and people in Dutch history to be taught in schools.
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