The openly lesbian Bet van Beeren opened Cafe ’t Mandje in 1927 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
“Van Beeren was flamboyant, craving the spotlight, and often dressed in a sailor suit or leathers, entertaining her clients with singing and dancing. She drank a lot, some reports were 40 bottles of beer a day, and could curse like a sailor. She allowed the bar to be used as an arms depot for the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.” (x)
Bet van Beeren, Original Antifa!
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