Geert Mak
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Geert Ludzer Mak (born 4 December 1946 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch journalist and historian. In the 1980s he worked as parliamentary assistant for the Pacifist Socialist Party.
He used the village Jorwert in Friesland as the hook for his book Jorwerd: The Death of the Village in late 20th Century Europe (ISBN 1-86046-803-9) - though the Dutch title Hoe God verdween uit Jorwerd translates as 'How God disappeared from Jorwerd'. Mak describes the changes that have affected the village over the last century, and writes about the people and their experiences.
In Europe (Pantheon, 2007) is an account of Geert Mak's travels across Europe. In 1999 a Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad commissioned Mak to visit places significant for the history of the twentieth century, by way of a “last inspection”.
