Dutch resistance fighter and Righteous Among the Nations recipient
Henk Zanoli
Born
Hendrikus Antonius Zanoli
(1923-04-23)23 April 1923
Laren, North Holland, Netherlands
Died
9 December 2015(2015-12-09) (aged 92)
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation
Lawyer
Known for
Saving Jews from the Holocaust during World War II
Movement
Dutch anti-Nazi resistance
Awards
Righteous Among the Nations (1950)
Righteous Among the Nations
The Holocaust
Rescuers of Jews
Righteousness
Seven Laws of Noah
Yad Vashem
By country
Austrian
Croatian
German
Hungarian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish (list)
Romanian
Serbian
Ukrainian
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Hendrikus Antonius "Henk" Zanoli (born on 21 April 1923 – 9 December 2015)[1] was a Dutch lawyer who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1950, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. During World War II, he was a member of the Dutch resistance, which was formed to oppose the German occupation of the Netherlands, and was personally involved in smuggling many Jews to protect them amidst the Holocaust. In 2014, Zanoli returned his Righteous Among the Nations medal to the Israeli embassy in The Hague and subsequently wrote to the Israeli ambassador to protest the country's ongoing military actions in Operation Protective Edge: on 20 July of that year, Zanoli's grandniece's Palestinian husband lost six members of his family after an Israeli airstrike destroyed their house in the Gaza Strip.[2]
^"Online Familieberichten; Overleden: Hendrikus Antonius (Henk) Zanoli (09-12-2015)". Online-familieberichten.nl. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^Schuetze, Christopher F.; Barnard, Anne (15 August 2014). "Resisting Nazis, He Saw Need for Israel. Now He Is Its Critic". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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Global Information
Righteous Among the Nations (1950)