What is Anton Constandse?
[[File:Constandse_1973_02.jpg|thumb|Anton Constandse]] '''Anton Levien Constandse''' (September 13, [[1899]] in [[Brouwershaven]] - March 23, [[1985]] in [[The Hague]]) was a Dutch journalist, writer, [[political activist]], [[anarchist]] and [[atheist]]. Constandse studied Spanish at the [[University of Amsterdam]]. Although raised a [[Christian]], he turned atheist. During World War II he was imprisoned in [[Buchenwald concentration camp]], [[Gymnasium Beekvliet]] and [[Herzogenbusch concentration camp]] because of his anti-[[fascist]] and anti-[[nazi]] views. After the war he was [[editor]] at [[NRC Handelsblad]]. He wrote for [[De Groene Amsterdammer]], [[Vrij Nederland]], and various [[humanist]], atheist and literary magazines. Furthermore, he spoke on the Dutch [[VPRO]] radio and lectured at the University of Amsterdam. Constandse was very negative about [[Christianity]] and later on also about [[Islam]]. He wrote a lot of books and brochures about atheism and anarchism. == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [https://socialhistory.org/bwsa/biografie/constandse Socialhistory.org/bwsa] * {{in lang|nl}} [http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn3/constandse Resources.huygens.knaw.nl] == Other websites == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=cons002 www.dbnl.org] {{DEFAULTSORT:Constandse, Anton}} [[Category:1899 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:Anarchists]] [[Category:Dutch academics]] [[Category:Dutch activists]] [[Category:Dutch atheists]] [[Category:Dutch former Christians]] [[Category:Dutch journalists]] [[Category:Dutch people of World War II]] [[Category:Humanists]] [[Category:Writers from Zeeland]]