HARRY HOLLA.
Holla is born in Venlo. At the age of 21, he begins studying law in Nijmegen – a logical choice for a Catholic young man. In 1935, he moves to Den Bosch, where he becomes, in effect, a corporate lawyer avant la lettre at the firm De Gruyter. During the war (1943), he becomes an attorney and procurator and a partner at an existing law firm – described by the author of the book as a “perfect cover” for his resistance activities, in which he assumes a leadership role.
When the southern Netherlands is liberated in 1944, Holla has to temporarily give up his legal practice. He becomes the first president of the first Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction (the one in Den Bosch), which is tasked with prosecuting “wrong” Dutch citizens. Or rather: “treasonous and unpatriotic elements within our people.” The book devotes interesting passages to the working methods of this tribunal. Holla serves there for several years.
He then continues with his firm Holla, Knittel and Adelmeijer, where he acquires another reputation: that of someone who writes linguistically flawless legal opinions and pleadings, but who often finishes his briefs at the very last moment. Within the Bar, he plays a prominent role. According to his former colleagues, he was what we would now call a top lawyer.
Source: https://www.mr-online.nl/biografie-harry-holla-van-holla-legal-tax-vergat-regelmatig-te-declareren/
Attorney Harry Holla became leader of the East Brabant branch of the Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (National Organization for Aid to People in Hiding, LO) in early 1944, and later that year also served as the southern representative in the national leadership of the joint resistance organizations (the Landelijke Top van de gezamenlijke verzetsorganisaties).
After the war, resistance leader Holla acted as president of the Bossche Tribunaal.
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When the southern Netherlands is liberated in 1944, Holla has to temporarily give up his legal practice. He becomes the first president of the first Tribunal of the Special Jurisdiction (the one in Den Bosch), which is tasked with prosecuting “wrong” Dutch citizens. Or rather: “treasonous and unpatriotic elements within our people.” The book devotes interesting passages to the working methods of this tribunal. Holla serves there for several years.
He then continues with his firm Holla, Knittel and Adelmeijer, where he acquires another reputation: that of someone who writes linguistically flawless legal opinions and pleadings, but who often finishes his briefs at the very last moment. Within the Bar, he plays a prominent role. According to his former colleagues, he was what we would now call a top lawyer.
Source: https://www.mr-online.nl/biografie-harry-holla-van-holla-legal-tax-vergat-regelmatig-te-declareren/
Attorney Harry Holla became leader of the East Brabant branch of the Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (National Organization for Aid to People in Hiding, LO) in early 1944, and later that year also served as the southern representative in the national leadership of the joint resistance organizations (the Landelijke Top van de gezamenlijke verzetsorganisaties).
After the war, resistance leader Holla acted as president of the Bossche Tribunaal.
Source: https://www.europeana.eu/nl/item/2021633/AtlantisPubliek_detail_aspx_xmldescid_15046934
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