Walraven van Hall was a Dutch banker who became one of the most important financiers of the resistance during the Second World War. Known as the “Banker of the Resistance,” he helped establish the National Support Fund, which financed people in hiding, supported hundreds of Jews, aided resistance groups, funded sabotage, and helped rescue Allied pilots.

Using ingenious financial schemes, including secretly replacing millions of guilders in Dutch treasury notes with forged copies, Van Hall helped distribute more than 83 million guilders to the resistance.

Betrayal led to his arrest in January 1945. The Nazis never discovered the true scale of his underground activities. On 12 February 1945, the 39-year-old banker was killed in retaliation for the death of a police officer. After the war, he was honored for his resistance work and recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.