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'''Ad van Liempt''' (born 21 May 1949, [[Utrecht]]) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] journalist, writer and a TV producer. He authored several books, including a biography of [[Prince Bernhard]], and initiated the history program ''[[Andere Tijden]]'' (''Other Times''). Outside the [[Netherlands]] he is best known for his book "Kopgeld"<ref>{{cite book|last=van Liempt|first=Ad|title=Kopgeld: Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943|year=2002|publisher=Balans|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9789050184786|pages=373|language=Dutch}}</ref> which was translated to English and published as "Hitler's Bounty Hunters",<ref>{{cite book|last=van Liempt|first=Ad|title=Hitler's Bounty Hunters|year=2005|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|location=London|isbn=1845202031|author2=Translated by S.J. Leinbach|type=English translation from Dutch}}</ref> describing the process by which [[Nazi]]s paid for the information on the locations of the [[Jew]]s.
'''Ad van Liempt''' (born 21 May 1949, [[Utrecht]]) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] journalist, writer and a TV producer. He has written several books, including a biography of [[Prince Bernhard]]. He also initiated the history program ''[[Andere Tijden]]'' (''Other Times'').
Outside the [[Netherlands]] he is best known for his book ''Kopgeld: Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943''<ref>{{cite book|last=van Liempt|first=Ad|title=Kopgeld: Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943|year=2002|publisher=Balans|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9789050184786|pages=373|language=Dutch}}</ref> which was translated into English and published as ''Hitler's Bounty Hunters: The Betrayal of the Jews''.<ref>{{cite book|last=van Liempt|first=Ad|title=Hitler's Bounty Hunters|year=2005|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|location=London|isbn=1845202031|author2=Translated by S.J. Leinbach|type=English translation from Dutch}}</ref> It described the process by which [[Nazi]]s paid bounties to Dutch people, particularly police and members of the Central Bureau for Jewish Emigration, for information on the locations of [[Jew]]s]].

He wrote ''Selma: De vrouw die Sobibor overleefde'' (2010), a biography of [[Selma Engel-Wijnberg]], one of two Dutch survivors of [[Sobibor Extermination Camp]] during the [[Holocaust]].


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Ad van Liempt (2010)

Ad van Liempt (born 21 May 1949, Utrecht) is a Dutch journalist, writer and a TV producer. He has written several books, including a biography of Prince Bernhard. He also initiated the history program Andere Tijden (Other Times).

Outside the Netherlands he is best known for his book Kopgeld: Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943[1] which was translated into English and published as Hitler's Bounty Hunters: The Betrayal of the Jews.[2] It described the process by which Nazis paid bounties to Dutch people, particularly police and members of the Central Bureau for Jewish Emigration, for information on the locations of Jews]].

He wrote Selma: De vrouw die Sobibor overleefde (2010), a biography of Selma Engel-Wijnberg, one of two Dutch survivors of Sobibor Extermination Camp during the Holocaust.

References

  1. ^ van Liempt, Ad (2002). Kopgeld: Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943 (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Balans. p. 373. ISBN 9789050184786.
  2. ^ van Liempt, Ad; Translated by S.J. Leinbach (2005). Hitler's Bounty Hunters (English translation from Dutch). London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 1845202031.