Marinus van der Goes van Naters
# Marinus van der Goes van Naters

Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 – 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.

## Background and early career

He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in-parliament chairman of the Social Democratic parties SDAP and its successor the Dutch Labour Party from 1945 to 1951.

### Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

From 1940 to 1944 during World War II he was held hostage by the German occupiers in various camps, including Buchenwald concentration camp.

## German border issues after WW2

In the mid-1950s he was involved in the eponymous plan adopted by the Council of Europe for the settlement of the Saar question. In the post-war years he successfully argued that the Duivelsberg (German: Wylerberg or Teufelsberg), annexed from Germany after World War II, be retained permanently by the Netherlands.

## Death

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.

## Decorations

Honours :

| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 30 April 1951 | |
| | Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 22 February 1967 | |
