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Obituary
Karl Kreuger December 1946 - March 1999
Some of our readers may remember Dutch anarchist Karl Max Kreuger from
The Hague. Karl used to sell English-language anarchist literature in
the Netherlands, and came over to the annual Anarchist Book Fair in
London. Karl died in his sleep, aged 52, from a stroke, in March this
year.
Karl was, in many ways, almost a stereotype of an anarchist - gentle,
attuned to nature's rhythms, yet passionate about fighting for a better,
freer world. He was consciously non-sectarian when it came to
international contacts, as well as supporting much of the English
language anarchist press, Karl was the contact for both the IWA and the
A-infos project in the Netherlands. When the Marxists expelled the
anarchists from the Dutch proto-syndicalist union the OVB, Karl became a
founder member of the Vrije Bond. Typically, the dispute with the OVB
had been that it failed to take an interest outside the workplace -
something no anarchist would go along with.
Karl's last journey was by bicycle. Around 200 friends and comrades
accompanied the black-covered carrier-cycle from long-established Hague
squat De Blaue Aanslag through the city centre to the crematorium. The
coffin was embellished with children's drawings and last greetings of
friends, and later that day the funeral procession walked along the
beach