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Hein Piet Pieterszoon (or HeynPieter Pietersen)
(1577—1629)

Piet Pieterszoon Hein was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain. Hein was born in Delfshaven (now part of Rotterdam), the son of a captain, and he became a sailor while he was still a teenager. In his twenties, he was captured by the Spanish, and served as a galley-slave for about... More...

Netherlands, 1943/1944, Pieter Hein