Arthur Haulot

Baron Arthur Haulot (born 15 November 1913 in Angleur in Liège; † 24 May 2005, Brussels) was a Belgian journalist, humanist and poet.

Life

During the Second World War, he was an active member of the armed resistance against the German occupation. As president of the Jeunes Socialistes it was the end of December 1941 and imprisoned first deported to the Dachau concentration camp and later to Mauthausen. After his release on 29 April 1945, he worked in the Comité International de Dachau.

In 1956 he became Commissaire Général of Tourism. This office he held until 1978.

Arthur Haulot died on 24 May 2005 at the age of 91 years at the consequences of thrombosis.

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