Peter Beekman
(The Netherlands)
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Peter Beekman was an artist affiliated with the national-socialist publisher Nenasu (Nederlands Nationaal-Socialistische Uitgeverij) during the second World War. He made the newspaper comic 'Hansje, Ansje en de Meeuw', published in Het Nationale Dagblad, in which the main characters are members of the Jeugdstorm, the Dutch equivalent of the Hitler Jugend.
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Beekman also made the series 'Rare, Maar Ware Commentaren' in the NSB magazine Volk en Vaderland. This strip was continued by Cor van Deutekom from December 1942. Peter Beekman has made illustrations for the articles by pro-German journalist Max Blokzijl. It is unknown to us what happened to Beekman after the War.
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self-portrait in 'Rare Maar Ware Commentaren'
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