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Blokzijl, Max (Marius Hugh Louis Wilhelmus)
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[bloksiyl]
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| (1884–1946)
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| Dutch journalist and singer, born in Leeuwarden, N Netherlands. During 1907–13 he travelled around the world with J P Pisuisse as a very successful cabaret act. He was a war correspondent (1917–18) and Berlin correspondent of Het Algemeen Dagblad (1918–40). In 1935 he became a secret member of the National Socialist Movement (NSB). During the German occupation of The Netherlands he was head of publicity of the Department of Information (1941), broadcasting frequently, and was regarded as a leading collaborator. He was arrested in 1945, tried, and shot. |
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