Grachtengordel in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Nico (Niek) Engelschman 1913-1988

Nico (Niek) Engelschman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 15, 2019

1. Nico (Niek) Engelschman Marker

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Toneelspeler. Actief voorvechter van de rechter en de positie van homosexuelen van 1939 tot 1966. Schuilnaam Bob Angelo. Initiafnemer tijdschrift Levensrecht (1939). Actief en het verzet tijdens tweede wereldoorlog. Oprichter/voorzitter Shakespeare Club (1943-1949) en het Cultuur- en Ontspanning Centrum COC (1949-1962). Ridder en de orde van Oranje-Nassau (1986).

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Actor. Pioneer of homosexual rights and gay liberation 1939-1966. Wartime resistance worker. Founder of the Dutch Center for Integration of Homosexuality COC. Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.

Location. 52° 22.445′ N, 4° 53.095′ E. Marker is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Grachtengordel. It is at the intersection of Westermarkt and Keizersgracht, on the right when traveling west on Westermarkt. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1016 DH, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

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Atlantic Europe,

the Benelux Low Countries,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mikel Haman (within shouting distance of this marker); Riek Stienstra (within shouting distance of this marker); Thea Wickel (within shouting distance of this marker); Marsha P. Johnson (within shouting distance of this marker); Alje Klamer (within shouting distance of this marker); Bo Laurent (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Herculine Barbin (about 90 meters away); Réné Descartes (about 90 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amsterdam.

Also see . . . Nico (Niek) Engelschman (Historical Materialism). "Nico (Niek) Engelschman (1913-1988) was a Dutch actor, resistance member, and pioneering gay-rights activist. During the Nazi-occupation, members of the socialist group around the journal De Vonk (The Spark) met at his house. Together with his brother, Engelschman helped several Jews escape deportation by finding hiding

Nico (Niek) Engelschman 1913-1988 Marker - wide view, looking north on the Keizersgracht image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 15, 2019

2. Nico (Niek) Engelschman 1913-1988 Marker - wide view, looking north on the Keizersgracht

places for them. He would later play down his activities during the occupation....After the war, he was one of the main founders of what is now the mainstream LGBT-rights organisation COC Nederland, supposedly the oldest existing LGBT organisation in the world. For a decade, he was the chair of the COC and for almost two decades he was its spokesperson." (Submitted on March 26, 2019.)

Additional keywords. LGBT LGBTQ

Nico Engelschman 1913-1988 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Unknown (via Wikimedia Commons), March 26, 2019

3. Nico Engelschman 1913-1988

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.