Sytze van der Zee (25 July 1939 – 5 November 2024) was a Dutch writer and journalist.

Sytze van der Zee
Born(1939-07-25)25 July 1939
Hilversum, Netherlands
Died5 November 2024(2024-11-05) (aged 85)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist

Van der Zee was the editor-in-chief of Het Parool from 1988 to 1996.[1] As a writer he wrote extensively about World War II, including 25.000 landverraders: de SS in Nederland, Nederland in de SS (1967) about the Dutch people who fought on the German side during the war. Other notable of his books are De overkant. Mijn jaren bij Het Parool (1998) about his fight against the cuts at Het Parool and Harer Majesteits loyaalste onderdaan (2015). Videoland made a television series about his book Anatomie van een seriemoordenaar - het beest van Harkstede (2006).[2]

Van der Zee died from metastatic lung cancer on 5 November 2024, at the age of 85.[3]

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  1. ^ "Oud-hoofdredacteur Het Parool, Sytze van der Zee (85), overleden". MSN (in Dutch). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Oud-Paroolhoofdredacteur Sytze van der Zee (85) overleden". NOS (in Dutch). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Journalist van de oude stempel, die keihard vocht voor zijn krant". NRC (in Dutch). 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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