Charles Breijer (26 November 1914,

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

– 18 August 2011,

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) was a Dutch photographer, known as a "resistance photographer," notable especially for the photographs he took during the last year of the German occupation of

The Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Breijer was a member of

Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst The Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) (Dutch Association for Craft and Industrial Art) was founded in 1904. It was founded by Jacob Pieter van den Bosch, Herman Hana, Klaas van Leeuwen, Theo Molkenboer, and Wi ...

(V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.

Some photographs

The Netherlands 1945

Dutch violinist Ferdinand Helmann by Charles Breijer.jpg, (1945) Lucienne Boyer (1945).jpg,

Lucienne Boyer Lucienne Boyer (18 August 1901 – 6 December 1983) was a French diseuseMansfield News Journal 9 November 1934 pg. 20 and singer, best known for her song " Parlez-moi d'amour". Her impresario was Bruno Coquatrix. Early career Born as Émilienne-H ...

(1945) Drees, W. - SFA002019221.jpg,

Willem Drees Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Gui ...

Gleuf in het gewelf van een zaal in het Rijksmuseum waardoor de Nachtwacht wer, Bestanddeelnr 900-8728.jpg, Escape of ''

The Night Watch ''Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq'', also known as ''The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'', but commonly referred to as ''The Night Watch'' ( nl, De Nachtwacht), i ...

'' (1945)

Indonesia c. 1950

Farmer's house in West Java, Wanita di Indonesia p52 (Charles Breyer).jpg, Farmer's house
(West Java) Indonesian dancer, Wanita di Indonesia p109 (Charles Breyer).jpg, Indonesian dancer Streets of Yogyakarta, Wanita di Indonesia p33 (Charles Breyer).jpg, Streets of Yogyakarta Sundanese peasant girl, Wanita di Indonesia p31 (Charles Breyer).jpg, Peasant girl (Sunda)

References

1914 births 2011 deaths Photographers from The Hague Dutch resistance members {{Europe-photographer-stub