George Maduro

George Maduro

Resistance fighter · 1916–1945

Sephardi · EstablishedThe Modern Era

Dutch law student from a Sephardic family of Curaçao who fought the German invasion in 1940 and joined the resistance. He died in Dachau. His parents founded Madurodam, the miniature city in The Hague, in his memory.

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