| Birth date | 19 March 1903 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Death date | 6 April 1945 (aged 42) |
| Death place | Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Fields | Law |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Awards | Dutch Cross of Resistance |
Benjamin Marius Telders (19 March 1903 – 6 April 1945) was a professor of law at Leiden University. He is known for standing up for his belief in the rule of law and civil society during the German Occupation.[1]
From 1938 he became involved in Dutch politics; he was party chairman of the Liberal State Party from 1938–1945.
Rudolph Cleveringa and Telders led the resistance to a declaration requiring the dismissal of 'non-Aryan' staff that all professors were told to sign in October 1940. He was arrested that December and imprisoned in Scheveningen. He died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly before the end of the war.[1] He was awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance on 9 May 1946 (posthumously).[2]
Telders Students Society of International Law, the Telders Foundation, and the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition are named after him.[3][1]
References
- ^ "Ben Telders". Leiden University
- ^ "Telders, Benjamin Marius". TracesOfWar.com.
- ^ "Prof. B.M. Telders". Leiden University
External links
- Lemma in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (in Dutch)
- Erades, L. (1955). B. M. Telders (1903–1945). Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Internationaal Recht, 2(2), 123–126. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0165070X00034604