
Acting
Jan van Zutphen
NL cinema · 1 credits
Born
7 October 1863
Died
7 June 1958 (aged 94)
Johannes Andries ("Uncle" Jan) van Zutphen (Utrecht, October 7, 1863 – Hilversum, June 7, 1958) was a Dutch trade union leader of the diamond workers' union and founder and chairman of Sanatorium Zonnestraal in Hilversum. He is recognized as an inspiring fighter for workers' rights and against tuberculosis. He is associated with the so-called 'Copper Handles Fund' – named after the handles of worn-out tools that were sold to build up the union's tuberculosis care.
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Filmography

100 years of social democracy 1894-1994
NL · 1994Not rated
as Self (archive footage)

