Biography

He was part of the Luctor et Emergo resistance group.

When the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, directing and working as a playwright became impossible. He assumed a false name (Prof. Eduard Jacques Necker, Professor of Art History) and had to go into hiding. During the occupation, he made himself useful by forging identity cards for people in hiding and resistance fighters.

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands personally commissioned Veterman to write the history of the Internal Armed Forces, but when it became clear that in it the writer wanted to expose questionable behavior by high-ranking military officers and politicians during the war, the commission was withdrawn.

Veterman was betrayed and arrested by the Gestapo in 1943. He was imprisoned for a time in Scheveningen prison (Oranjehotel). He was sentenced to death and transported to a prison in Lüttringhausen, where he was liberated by the Americans in 1945. After liberation, he had great success with the play "Oranje Hotel," of which 150 performances were played.

Eduard Veterman was a Dutch writer, visual artist and resistance fighter during World War II.