Joachim Simon
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Joachim Simon was a Jewish-German leader of a rescue movement during World War II
. Simon, along with Joop Westerweel
, led a group called the Westerweel Group
.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Simon, along with Joop Westerweel
Joop Westerweel
Joop Westerweel was a progressive schoolteacher who became a Dutch World War II resistance leader, the head of the Westerweel Group....
, led a group called the Westerweel Group
Westerweel Group
The Westerweel Group was a resistance group that operated during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Led by a Dutch Christian Joop Westerweel and Jewish German refugee Joachim Simon, the group was initiated in August of 1942 and its first objective was to hide a Jewish youth group that were...
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