Frieda Belinfante (1904-1995) was an openly homosexual Dutch cellist & conductor of Jewish descent. During the War, Belinfante joined the same resistance movement as Willem Arondeus and other Dutch homosexuals & artists specializing in forging false identity papers & helping those wanted by the Gestapo into hiding. Belinfonte aided in organizing the 1943 bombiing of the Population Registry in Amsterdam. After the perpetrators were turned in by an unknown informant Belinfante fled Holland, dressed as a man, through Belgium & France to Switzerland. Once the war ended she was able to continue her musical career.

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Vandaag, 27 maart, is het tachtig jaar geleden dat het Amsterdamse bevolkingsregister door een aanslag in vlammen opging. Twaalf betrokken verzetsmensen werden gefusilleerd. Op die datum om 11.00 uur is er een bijeenkomst met een korte plechtigheid bij de herdenkingsplaquette, naast de ingang van restaurant De Plantage, Plantage Kerklaan 36.

https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/nl/agenda/herdenking-aanslag-op-het-bevolkingsregister-filmvertoning #History #WOII #verzet

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https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/nl/kennisbank/aanslag-op-amsterdams-bevolkingsregister

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanslag_op_het_Amsterdams_bevolkingsregister

Didn't realise Willem and Frieda had been broadcast a couple of days ago on Channel 4. I got the opportunity to see this early, and it's very much worth watching, exploring two important people in the Dutch resistance movement in World War 2 - Willem Arondeus and Frieda Belinfante - a story wonderfully navigated by @stephenfry

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