Louis Fles
| Louis Fles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Levie Jacob Fles October 19, 1871 Maassluis, Netherlands |
| Died |
May 24, 1940 (aged 68). Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Pen name | Dr. W. Bottema C.Az. |
| Occupation | businessman, author, activist |
| Nationality | Dutch, Jewish atheist |
| Period | 1918-1939 |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Subject | Jewish assimilation, anti-Zionism, Nazism, business |
| Notable works |
Forbidden radio-speech Hitler, reformer or criminal Away with Zionism! |
| Spouse | Celine van Straaten |
| Children | Mina, Rosine, Henriette, Clara, Barthold, George |
| Relatives | Michael John Fles, Bart Berman, Thijs Berman, Giorgio van Straten |
Levie Jacob "Louis" Fles (1872–1940) was a Dutch businessman, activist and author. He was a member of the organizing committee of the 1928 Summer Olympics. Louis Fles is best known for writing and broadcasting against Zionism and organized religion.
Fles was a strong supporter of Jewish assimilation and had a complex relationship with the Dutch Social Democratic Workers' Party. He was a strong criticizer of Nazism, for example in his work from 1933 Hitler, hervormer of misdadiger? (Dutch: Hitler, reformer or criminal?) and committed suicide at the conquest of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany.
Bibliography
- Is in de moderne boekhouding plaats voor het copieboek? (1918)
- Efficiency (1922)
- Kalenderhervorming, sabbath en kerk (1930)
- Mijn antwoord aan opperrabbijn I. Maarssen (1930)
- De schuldbekentenis van de SDAP (1930)
- Water en vuur (1931)
- Onderwijs zonder godsdienst (1932)
- Open brief aan den heer J.F. Ankersmit te Amsterdam (1932)
- Hitler, hervormer of misdadiger? (1933)
- Een verboden radiorede: Los van de kerk (1933)[1]
- Godsdienst, openbare school en zionisme (1935)
- Weg met het zionisme! (1939)
Biography
- Vrijdenkers in verzuild Nederland : de Dageraad 1900-1940 : een bronnenstudie
- Biography of Levie Fles at the Biographical Dictionary of Socialism and the Labor Movement in the Netherlands
References
- ↑ "Los van de kerk". Het Vaderland. 1933-10-12. p. 2.
External links
- Louis Fles family page at Akevoth
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