12-25-2016, 05:42 PM
Lieutenant general Tette "Ted" Meines (25 September 1921 – 24 December 2016) was a Dutch military officer. During World War II he was a member of the Dutch resistance and helped Jewish families, for which he was awarded the title Righteous Among the Nations by Israel. After the war had ended Meines saw active service in the Politionele acties. During and after his military career he became involved in veteran affairs and was instrumental in the setting up of several veterans organizations. He is considered the founder of the Dutch veteran affairs policy.
During World War II, at age 22, Meines joined the Dutch resistance. He arranged for ration cards, sought safe hiding places for children and moved them there. Amongst other places he worked in Limburg and Twente.[3] Meines was a member of the NV-resistancegroup (nl).[5] In 1942 Meines was arrested, but was broken out by resistance members before he could be deported to a concentration camp. Afterwards Meines had to take another alias, and took that of a deceased pastor. In this role Meines held services in churches.[3][2] During the war Meines joined the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (nl).[6] Of his original group of twenty resistance members only four survived until the liberation of the Netherlands on 5 May 1945.[4]
On 6 July 1992 Meines was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Israel for his work in saving Jewish people in World War II.[5] In 2015 he was awarded honorary citizenship of Israel.[14]
Meines cited a meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1952 as important in his life, with King Jr. telling him: "Be yourself, be good and tell it".[3]
Meines died on 24 December 2016, aged 95.[9][15]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Meines
During World War II, at age 22, Meines joined the Dutch resistance. He arranged for ration cards, sought safe hiding places for children and moved them there. Amongst other places he worked in Limburg and Twente.[3] Meines was a member of the NV-resistancegroup (nl).[5] In 1942 Meines was arrested, but was broken out by resistance members before he could be deported to a concentration camp. Afterwards Meines had to take another alias, and took that of a deceased pastor. In this role Meines held services in churches.[3][2] During the war Meines joined the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (nl).[6] Of his original group of twenty resistance members only four survived until the liberation of the Netherlands on 5 May 1945.[4]
On 6 July 1992 Meines was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Israel for his work in saving Jewish people in World War II.[5] In 2015 he was awarded honorary citizenship of Israel.[14]
Meines cited a meeting with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1952 as important in his life, with King Jr. telling him: "Be yourself, be good and tell it".[3]
Meines died on 24 December 2016, aged 95.[9][15]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Meines
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.