Wiardi Beckman Stichting Explained

The Wiardi Beckman Stichting (The Wiardi Beckman Foundation) is a Dutch think tank linked to the left-of-centre Labour Party (PvdA).^{[1] [2]}

The foundation is named after Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman, a member of the Dutch Senate, who during the Second World War was summoned by Queen Wilhelmina to become a member of the war cabinet, but who was caught by the Sicherheitsdienst and who died in the Dachau concentration camp.^{[3] [4]}

The foundation has published the magazine Socialisme & Democratie (Socialism & Democracy) since 1970.

External links

• Official website of the Wiardi Beckman Stichting (In Dutch)

Notes and References

1. http://www.wbs.nl/over-de-wbs Information Wiardi Beckman Stichting
2. Web site: Partijdiscipline en geldgebrek hollen de onafhankelijkheid van politieke denktanks uit . de Volkskrant . 15 June 2018 . 7 September 2018 . nl-NL.
3. http://www.wbs.nl/over-de-wbs/hb-wiardi-beckman Biography Wiardi Beckman
4. Web site: Herman 'Stuuf' Wiardi Beckman (1904-1945) - Verzetsstrijder en politicus . Historiek . 7 September 2018 . nl-NL . 20 April 2018.