Loe de Jong

De Jong studied history and social geography at the University of Amsterdam. He worked as a foreign newspaper correspondent from 1938 until 1940. He wrote on 31 August 1939 that an invasion of Poland would not escalate into war: "The Second World War has been averted for a long time [for the immediate future], probably for years", was printed on 2 September. He wrote on 6 April 1940 that there was no indication whatsoever that "Berlin thought of expanding the war [into other countries]".^[1] After the German invasion of the Netherlands, De Jong managed to escape to London with his wife Liesbeth Cost Budde on 15 May 1940 on board of the Friso. He would work for Radio Oranje, broadcasting to the Nazi-occupied Netherlands..

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De Jong contributed to many other historical works on the Netherlands and lectured at symposia on the European resistance. In 1988, he was awarded the Gouden Ganzenveer for his contributions to Dutch written and printed culture.^[3] In 1963 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[4]

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• The Silent Historian - a film about Loe de Jong
• Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac (1917–2015), a French historian with a similar profile

References

Further reading

• Smits, Boudewijn (2014). Loe de Jong 1914-2005: historicus met een missie. Amsterdam: Boom.
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• Errol Morris writes on Loue de Jong in the New York Times, June 3, 2009