Kastein, Gerrit Wilhelm [1910-1943] - Eine Kritik der Ganzheitstheorien / von Dr. G.W. Kastein

Leiden, J. Ginsberg, 1937. orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, 131 pages. Name on half-title.. Worn. Corner bump. Some cover soil. Good. ¶ ["Kastein was a Dutch communist, neurologist and resistance fighter and leader during World War II...Immediately after the Dutch capitulation, Kastein joined the Dutch resistance. On 17 May 1940 he attended the inaugural meeting of The Hague branch of the illegal CPN,...During the meeting, the Spark Group was founded. Kastein was also one of the initiators of the medical Resistance. Kastein' s sympathies and activities came under suspicion, and the first attempt to arrest him was on 2 September 1941 ... on the evening of Friday 5 February 1943, after answering a knock at his front door in Scheveningen, Seyffardt was shot twice by student Jan Verleun who had accompanied Kastein on the mission...he declared that he was accompanied by Kastein, while other sources suggest that Leo Frijda accompanied him in the attack and that Kastein was only present during preparation. A day later Seyffardt succumbed to his injuries in hospital...On 7 February, CS- 6 shot fellow institute member 'Gemachtigde voor de Volksvoorlichting' ( Attorney for the national relations) H.Reydon and his wife. His wife died on the spot, while Reydon died on 24 August of his injuries. The gun used in this attack had been given to Kastein by SD agent Anton van der Waals, and was used to track Kastein. Seyffardt and Reydon's deaths led to massive Nazi Germany reprisals in the occupied Netherlands, under Operation Silbertanne. SS General Hanns Albin Rauter immediately ordered the murder of 50 Dutch hostages and a series of raids on Dutch universities..."- wikipedia].