From its inception in 1921, PEN was intended to be a non-political organisation. However, with the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and of fascism in Spain and Italy, it became increasingly difficult for PEN to stay away from the political; and that year 1931, the PEN Committee made a public ‘Appeal to All Governments’, which protested the plight of those imprisoned for political or religious reasons.
In 1940 Benjamin Crêmieux joined the French underground and became a leader of the Maquis resistance fighters.
In April 1943, two Gestapo agents detained Crémieux in Marseilles. He was arrested, imprisoned, and deported to Nazi Germany, where, in April 1944 he was executed in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Film edited from dutch Polygoon Hollands Nieuws cinema news reel week 14 , 1931 | Sound & Vision (Open Images).
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P.E.N.-club . poets, playwrights, essayists, editors, novelists
PEN International. URL https://www.pen-international.org
Honderd jaar PEN (CLUB) Nederland: een beknopte geschiedenis. Liliane Waanders | Hanta. URL
https://www.hanta.nl/hanta/2023/04/10/honderd-jaar-pen-club-nederland-een-beknopte-geschiedenis/
A Brief History of PEN International. Cathal Sheerin. URL https://www.pen100archive.org/explore-the-exhibition/pen-internationals-history/
Benjamin Crémieux. Wikipedia. URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Crémieux
Een sportieve jonkheer: Jan Feith en Den Haag. De Oud-Hagenaar- De krant voor de 50-plusser. Dinsdag 27 dec 2016. URL https://www.desportwereld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016-12-27_Een-sportieve-jonkheer-Jan-Feith-en-Den-Haag_De-Oud-Hagenaar.pdf
Screenshots from the film Amsterdam 1939 a trip through the canals and along the old facades of Amsterdam in 1939 , published first by Polygoon in 1940 a few months before World War II. Images are discussed in detail in the film.
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2. Resolution is low, since the original archive footage from Sound & Vision (Open Images) is only 352 × 288 pixels.
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EN – In 1939 with Polygoon film company through… the canals and along the old facades of Amsterdam. Published in 1940 a few months before World War II.
NL – In 1939 met de Polygoon filmfabriek door de grachten en langs de oude gevels van Amsterdam. Gepubliceerde in 1940 kort voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Tocht langs de Stadsbank van Lening, Vondels huis, huis op 3 grachten, Kolkje, schuilkerk Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, Schreierstoren, Montelbaanstoren, Gooyer molen, Jordaan, Lange Jan, Westertoren, Bickerseiland, Waaggebouw, Amsterdamse universiteit, Agnietenschool, gildekamer chirurgijnen.
Film edited (image and sound) from a 1940 Polygoon-Profilti documentary | Sound & Vision (Open Images).
Music : (1) RAF March String Chorus, and (2) Roses in the Garden , both by Jean-Miles Carter | Artlist.
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