About Charles Breijer
Lived 1914 – 2011 (aged 96). Charles Breijer was a Dutch photographer, resistance fighter and animator.
Charles Breijer (26 November 1914, The Hague – 18 August 2011, Hilversum) was a Dutch photographer, known as a "resistance photographer," notable especially for the photographs he took during the last year of the German occupation of The Netherlands during World War II. Breijer was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.
Some photographs The Netherlands 1945
Indonesia c. 1950
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Who was Charles Breijer?
Dutch photographer (1914-2011)
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Charles Breijer was born on 26 November 1914 in The Hague.
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Charles Breijer died on 18 August 2011 in Hilversum.
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Charles Breijer was a photographer, resistance fighter and animator.
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Charles Breijer was Dutch.
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