Support group Klaas de Jonge & Hélène Passtoors / Steungroep Klaas de Jonge & Hélène Passtoors
Netherlands
This Dutch/Belgian couple was arrested in South Africa in 1985 for smuggling weapons and explosives for the ANC into the country. Klaas de Jonge managed to seek refuge in the Dutch embassy in Pretoria, causing a diplomatic row, where he stayed for 2 years until swapped with a South African prisoner. Hélène Passtoors was convicted of High Treason and imprisoned from 1985-1989. The Support group which campaigned for their release closed down in 1989.
The IISH holds the complete archive of the organisation which forms an integral part of the Dutch AAM archive.
