Dutch banker and resistance leader (1906-1945).
Born February 10th, 1906 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1945 at 39 years old in Haarlem (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel