Jan Eekhout

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Jan H. Eekhout (born Sluis, 10 January 1900; died Amsterdam, 6 March 1978) was a Dutch writer, particularly known as the author of the novel Pastoor Poncke ("Pastor Poncke"). Eekhout during the Second World War was a staunch Nazi. However, the Dutch resistance fighter Jan "Poncke" Princen gained his nickname by reading aloud from this book to fellow-prisoners in a Nazi prison during World War II.