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Amsterdam, in 1934 office employee (kantoorbediende) in 1943 doorkeeper (portier), worked after the Second World War as correspondent and stenographer for the Arbeiderspers, later as corrector at the Vrije Volk; initially member of the social-democrat Arbeiders Jeugd Centrale and studied HBS (secondary school); member of the O.S.P. 1932-1935, drafted in the Dutch army 1934-1935; in 1937-1938 he fought on the Aragon-Front during the Spanisch Civil-war; then member of the G.I.C.; in 1945 member of Spartacus, and with Henk Canne Meijer member of the Buro voor Internationale Kontakten, as such present at an International Conference in Brussels; he spoke and wrote at least Esperanto, French and Spanish; he was the only child of the bookseller Willem Spierenburg and Geertruida Schuilenburg and married 1940 to Hendrika Johanna van Beek; they had four children. |