What is Maurice Ferares?
{{Infobox person | name = Maurice Ferares | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|1|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|18|1922|1|5|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = resistance member, politician, writer and violist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Maurice Ferares''' (5 January 1922 – 18 December 2022) was a Dutch resistance member, politician, writer and violist.<ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.grenzeloos.org/content/maurice-ferares-5-1-1922-18-12-2022-altijd-verzet |title=Maurice Ferares (5-1-1922- 18-12 2022) altijd in verzet|work=grenzeloos.org|date=19 December 2022|access-date=29 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7920 |title=Netherlands – Maurice Ferares (1922-2022) always in resistance|work=internationalviewpoint.org|date=23 December 2022|access-date=29 December 2022|language=en}}</ref> ==Biography== Ferares was born in [[Amsterdam]] in 1922 and grew up in the neighbourhood [[Transvaalbuurt (Amsterdam)|Transvaalbuurt]]. He was a member of the Jewish working-class family. He studied violin at the [[Conservatorium van Amsterdam until]] but he was refused as being Jew in early 1942 during [[World War II]].<ref name=ref5>{{cite web|url=https://geheugenvanoost.amsterdam/page/14639/maurice-ferares |title=Maurice Ferares|work=Geheugen van Oost|date=December 2022|access-date=29 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> He became a resistance member during [[World War II]] and survived the [[holocaust]]. He became a politician. Over the years, Ferares was a member of the [[Communist Party of the Netherlands]] (CPN), {{ill|Revolutionary Communist Party|nl|Revolutionair Communistische Partij (Nederland)}} (RCP), [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA) and [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] (SP). He remained socially engaged in East Amsterdam. Fer