| Benjamin Marius Telders | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1903-03-19)19 March 1903 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 6 April 1945(1945-04-06) (aged 42) Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Awards | Dutch Cross of Resistance |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | law |
Benjamin Marius Telders (19 March 1903 – 6 April 1945) was a professor of law at Leiden University. He is known for standing up for his belief in the rule of law and civil society during the German Occupation.
From 1938 he became involved in Dutch politics; he was party chairman of the Liberal State Party from 1938–1945.
Rudolph Cleveringa and Telders led the resistance to a declaration requiring the dismissal of 'non-Aryan' staff that all professors were told to sign in October 1940. He was arrested that December and imprisoned in Scheveningen. He died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly before the end of the war. He was awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance on 9 May 1946 (posthumously).
Telders Students Society of International Law, the Telders Foundation, and the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition are named after him.
References
- "Ben Telders". Leiden University.
- "Ben Telders". Leiden University.
- "Telders, Benjamin Marius". TracesOfWar.com.
- "Prof. B.M. Telders". Leiden University.
- "Ben Telders". Leiden University.
External links
- Lemma in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (in Dutch)
- Erades, L. (1955). B. M. Telders (1903–1945). Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Internationaal Recht, 2(2), 123–126. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0165070X00034604
- 1903 births
- 1945 deaths
- Dutch legal scholars
- Dutch resistance members
- Recipients of the Dutch Cross of Resistance
- Leiden University alumni
- Academic staff of Leiden University
- Liberal State Party politicians
- 20th-century Dutch lawyers
- 20th-century Dutch politicians
- Dutch people who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
- Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps
- Politicians who died in Nazi concentration camps
- Deaths from typhus in Germany