Hans Kolfschoten


Henri Anthony Melchior Tieleman "Hans" Kolfschoten was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal.
Kolfschoten was minister of Justice, a member of the Senate, and mayor of Eindhoven and The Hague. In 1945, Kolfschoten refused permanent residency to the Polish Jew Chaim Engel and his Dutch wife Selma Engel-Wijnberg, who survived Sobibor extermination camp.

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