Stephen Fry: Willem & Frieda – Defying the Nazis

[2][3] It is about two gay members of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War, Willem Arondeus and Frieda Belinfante.

[4] In the documentary, Fry asks why these stories remain untold, both within and beyond the Netherlands, and whether their sexual orientation is the underlying cause for this silence;[5] Gillean Craig in Church Times writes that "Shamefully, after the war, their heroism was — on account of their open homosexuality — airbrushed out of the Netherlands' celebration of wartime resistance.

He notes the homoerotic influence of Aubrey Beardsley, a well-known illustrator of Oscar Wilde's work, on Arondeus's art.

[2][3] Fry then meets with Boris Dittrich, a Dutch politician and gay rights activist, to discuss Arondeus.

[2][3] Belinfante managed to leave the Netherlands for the United States, where she became a well-known and respected musician in California.