Frits Philips, who helped save Jews during WWII, dies at 100

[Behind the Aegis]

AMSTERDAM - The former head of the Dutch electronics giant Philips, who helped save the lives of hundreds of Jewish workers during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, has died at the age of 100.

Frits Philips, the last of the family dynasty to lead the electronics group, died late Monday, the Amsterdam-based company said.

The son of Philips Electronics cofounder Anton Philips, he was chief executive of the firm between 1961 and 1971, the fourth CEO of the company after his uncle Gerard, father Anton and brother-in-law Frans Otten.

During World War II, Frits Philips stayed in the German-occupied Netherlands while other family members fled to North America.

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