Leiden University and the war
Leiden University commemorates its victims of the war and pays tribute to all members of the university community who resisted injustice. Such as Rudolph Cleveringa, the dean of the Law Faculty, who protested in 1940 after the resignation of Jewish colleagues. We honour their memory through memorial meetings, the annual Cleveringa lecture and historical research.
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Hiltje Cleveringa given first copy of her father’s biographyHiltje Cleveringa seemed moved when on 16 January she was given the first copy of the biography of her father, Rudolph Cleveringa. Peppering his speec...
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‘Cleveringa was more than a one-day hero’In his biography about Professor Rudolph Cleveringa, Kees Schuyt adds to the image we already have of this famous Leiden professor. The overriding foc...
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On the trail of CleveringaHe is primarily known for his protest speech against the dismissal of his Jewish teacher Eduard Meijers, but who was the man behind this iconic figure...
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'Why aren't those children at school?'The new privacy laws make it more difficult to combat human trafficking: under-age victims are often not registered. In her lecture, Cleveringa Profes...
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‘Dutch people should take human trafficking more seriously'Citizens underestimate their role, but they really can make a difference, says legal specialist Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen. Combatting injustice is ...
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Delegation Leiden Law School to IndonesiaAt the end of November/early December a delegation from Leiden Law School, led by Dean Joanne van der Leun, will a number of various partner universit...
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Protecting children is what inspires Cleveringa professor Dettmeijer-VermeulenCorinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, the well-known legal expert and Leiden University alumna, was for many years the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in H...
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The story behind the war victimsHerta Mohr was a promising Egyptologist who died in Bergen-Belsen. Lawyer Amandus Wolfsbergen died in Auschwitz, without knowing that the his work wou...
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Paul Christiaan Flu: a Surinamese professor in a time of warPaul Christiaan Flu, originally from Surinam, was a brilliant tropical doctor, who in 1938 rose to the position of Rector Magnificus of Leiden Univers...
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian studentsA new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Lei...