Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (died 1945)

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Born: April 29, 1882
Died: April 10, 1945
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1882

About Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was an experimental Dutch artist, typographer, and printer. He set up a clandestine printing house during the Nazi occupation (1940–1945) and was shot by the Gestapo in the closing days of the war. Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (commonly called H. Media related to Hendrik Werkman at Wikimedia Commons Quotations related to Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman at Wikiquote images of Werkman's art, and texts about the artist, but Dutch language!

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The world when Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was born

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was born in 1882. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineChinese Exclusion Act signed
Technology milestoneFirst hydroelectric power plant (Appleton, WI)
World population~1.42B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
U.S. population51.9M

1882 versus 2026

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Measure	1882	2026
Population	51.9M	341 million

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