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Wim van Norden was born on 13 June, 1917 in Bussum, Netherlands, is a Wim van Norden was Dutch journalist Dutch journalist. Discover Wim van Norden's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

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Occupation Journalist
Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 13 June, 1917
Birthday 13 June
Birthplace Bussum, Netherlands
Date of death 29 May, 2015
Died Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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1917

Wim van Norden (13 June 1917 – 29 May 2015) was a Dutch journalist.

He was one of the founders of the resistance paper Het Parool during World War II.

Van Norden was born on 13 June 1917 in Bussum in an artistic, politically leftist family.

His parents were teetotallers and vegetarians who were inclined to send all of their children to university.

At home the family discussed politics, society, Adolf Hitler and the rise of fascism.

Van Norden went to study economics at the Netherlands School of Commerce, precursor to the current Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Van Norden became member of a group of friends which included Max Nord, Simon Carmiggelt and his wife Tiny.

1940

When the Netherlands was occupied in World War II by Germany in May 1940 Van Norden and his group of friends decided on resisting the occupation forces.

He, Nord, Carmiggelt and their families all lived in the Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam.

In autumn 1940 he became involved in spreading the illegal Nieuwsbrief (English: Newsletter) of Pieter 't Hart, the war pseudonym of Frans Goedhart.

1941

In 1941 he became contributing editor to the newsletter after being invited by Goedhart.

Van Norden also worked on the duplicator which produced the stencils on which the newsletter was made.

During the war the Nieuwsbrief became Het Parool.

1942

He was jailed for six months by the Germans in 1942 but was later released due to lack of evidence for his involvement with Het Parool.

Van Norden was active in the resistance for the remainder of the war.

Even though Van Norden had several war pseudonyms and identity papers he was arrested with most of the editorial staff of the newspaper in late 1942.

He was locked up for six months in the Oranjehotel jail in Scheveningen.

The Germans could not prove his involvement with Het Parool and Van Norden was eventually released.

1944

In the summer of 1944 Van Norden was looking for a jurist to help with the Foundation 1940–1944, which after the war would was to set up pensions for the relatives of dead resistance members.

Johan van Lom was recommended to Van Norden and the latter introduced him to the resistance.

Van Lom later betrayed the resistance, but was subsequently captured by them and ordered to drink poison.

Van Lom refused and was shot dead.

Van Norden was informed of Van Lom's death the next week while he was in hiding.

1968

In 1968 Van Norden became one of the ground layers of the Perscombinatie, a publishing company consisting of Het Parool and De Volkskrant, later joined by Trouw.

1979

After the war he became director of the newspaper and although he originally planned to serve for only several months he kept his function until 1979.

Van Norden was responsible for the founding of the publishing company Perscombinatie in which three newspapers worked together.

2013

In 2013 Van Norden still supported the resistance's decision.

On his involvement with the illegal newspaper Van Norden later said: "It was natural to help. It grows on you. I've never made a decision to join the resistance".

The war made a deep impression on Van Norden, with fifty people contributing to Het Parool not surviving the hostilities.

After the war ended the editorial staff of Het Parool decided to continue as a daily newspaper.

The newspaper was founded with some savings from employees and a bank guarantee which was never used.

In later years this would lead Van Norden to state: "We started Het Parool with 1,000 guilder, as long that isn't gone there are no problems".

Van Norden at age 27 was asked by his associates to become the temporary director of the newspaper, as he had studied economics.

He reluctantly agreed as he wanted to finish his studies in Rotterdam.

Van Norden did not want to head a newspaper and intended on being in function for only several months.

Under Van Norden the decision was made to become an independent daily newspaper rather than a political party related newspaper.

Shortly after the end of the war Koos Vorrink, a Social Democratic Workers' Party politician visited the editorial staff proposing to merge Het Parool and Het Vrije Volk into one socialist newspaper.

Van Norden disagreed completely.

Van Norden traveled around the world and became convinced that small, independent, and the political and religiously based newspapers would disappear.

He was convinced that economies of scale and pluriformity would allow for newspapers to survive.