Maarten Rudelsheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maarten Rudelsheim

flamingant

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1873

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1920

Profession: politician

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Maarten Rudelsheim (25 April 1873 in Amsterdam – 10 September 1920 in Antwerp) was a flamingant of Jewish-Dutch descent. Rudelsheim was born in the Netherlands, of a Jewish father and a Dutch mother.
In 1885, the family came to Antwerp.
Maarten Rudelsheim studied at Ghent University and became Doctor of German philology.
In 1898, Maarten Rudelsheim was naturalized as a Belgian citizen.
In 1900, he became assistant librarian in Antwerp.
Like Louis Franck, Nico Gunzburg and Lon Landau, Maarten Rudelsheim was one of a number of Jewish flamingants who were engaged in the Flemish movement.
He devoted himself to the Dutchification of Ghent University, then still a French-speaking university in a Flemish city.
After the war, Rudelsheim was condemned to ten years' imprisonment for involvement in activism during the war.
He died in Antwerp prison.