The Wiardi Beckman Stichting (The Wiardi Beckman Foundation) is a Dutch think tank linked to the
left-of-centre Labour Party (PvdA).
[http://www.wbs.nl/over-de-wbs Information Wiardi Beckman Stichting]
The foundation is named after
Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman
Herman may refer to:
People
* Herman (name), list of people with this name
* Saint Herman (disambiguation)
* Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman
Places in the United States
* Herman, Arkansas
* Herman, Michigan
* Herman, Minne ...
, a member of the Dutch
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
, who during the
Second World War
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 ...
was summoned by
Queen Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina (; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands
The monarchy of the Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. As such, the role and position of the monarch are governed by the ...
to become a member of the
war cabinet
A war cabinet is a committee formed by a government in a time of war to efficiently and effectively conduct that war. It is usually a subset of the full executive cabinet of ministers, although it is quite common for a war cabinet to have senior ...
, but who was caught by the
Sicherheitsdienst
' (, ''Security Service''), full title ' (Security Service of the ''Reichsführer-SS''), or SD, was the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Established in 1931, the SD was the first Nazi intelligence organization ...
and who died in the
Dachau concentration camp
,
, commandant = List of commandants
, known for =
, location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany
, built by = Germany
, operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS)
, original use = Political prison
, construction ...
.
[http://www.wbs.nl/over-de-wbs/hb-wiardi-beckman Biography Wiardi Beckman]
The foundation published the magazine ''Socialisme & Democratie'' (Socialism & Democracy) since 1970.
References
External links
Official website of the Wiardi Beckman Stichting (In Dutch)
Labour Party (Netherlands)
Political and economic think tanks based in the European Union
Political and economic research foundations
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