Loe de Jong
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Louis ("Loe") de Jong (born 24 April 1914 in Amsterdam – died 15 March 2005 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch journalist and historian specialising in the field of the Netherlands in World War II and the Dutch resistance.
He wrote the standard work The Kingdom of the Netherlands during World War II, a book series of 26 volumes and over 15000 pages. He has also contributed to many other histories on the Netherlands as well as speaking at symposia on the European resistance.
Loe de Jong was Jewish by birth. He lost the greater part of his family, including his parents and his twin brother during the Second World War.
He managed to escape the Holocaust because he was able to flee to England together with his wife when the Germans invaded the Netherlands. During this time he worked for Radio Oranje broadcasting out of London to the occupied Netherlands.
