On January 12, 1942 at 13:30 Jan Campert died in the Neuengamme concentration camp of pleurisy. Most people will never have heard of this man,  he was born on August 15 1902 in Spijkenisse a town near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam.During the German occupation of the … Continue reading Jan Campert-“The Song of the Eighteen Dead” a WW2 Hero.