Maurice Ferares

Maurice Ferares
Born(1922-01-05)5 January 1922
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died18 December 2022(2022-12-18) (aged 100)
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)resistance member, politician, writer and violist

Maurice Ferares (5 January 1922 – 18 December 2022) was a Dutch resistance member, politician, writer and violist.[1][2]

Biography

Ferares was born in Amsterdam in 1922 and grew up in the neighbourhood Transvaalbuurt. He was a member of the Jewish working-class family. He studied violin at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam until but he was refused as being Jew in early 1942 during World War II.[3] He became a resistance member during World War II and survived the holocaust. He became a politician. Over the years, Ferares was a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN), Revolutionary Communist Party [nl] (RCP), Labour Party (PvdA) and Socialist Party (SP). He remained socially engaged in East Amsterdam. Ferares also wrote several non-fiction books.[4][5]

Ferares died on 18 December 2022, at the age of 100.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Maurice Ferares (5-1-1922- 18-12 2022) altijd in verzet". grenzeloos.org (in Dutch). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Netherlands – Maurice Ferares (1922-2022) always in resistance". internationalviewpoint.org. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Maurice Ferares". Geheugen van Oost (in Dutch). December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Maurice Ferares (100) was een violist én democratisch socialist – in memoriam". jonet.nl (in Dutch). 26 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Altijd knokken voor musici bij de omroep. In memoriam Maurice Ferares (1922-2022)". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.