Jaap Nunes Vaz
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Jacob Nunes Vaz | |
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| Born | 20 September 1906 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 13 March 1943 (aged 36) |
| Pen name | Jaap Nunes Vaz |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Genre | Column |
Jacob (Jaap) Nunes Vaz (20 September 1906 – 13 March 1943) was a Dutch journalist, writer, and editor. He was one of the main editors of Het Parool, an illegal Dutch newspaper founded during World War II.
Jaap Nunes Vaz was born in Amsterdam on 20 September 1906 to Isaac Nunes Vaz and Daatje Kinsbergen.[1] Isaac's father was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry and both of his parents were of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Jaap became a journalist once he graduated from school and joined the Onafhankelijke Socialistische Partij, a revolutionary socialist political party in the Netherlands. He held multiple jobs at different press agencies including Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau where he was a star reporter at the time of the German invasion.[2] He was fired from his job in the fall of 1940 after the "Aryan Declaration".
