Editing Philips (section)

===World War II===
On 9 May 1940, the Philips directors learned that the German [[German invasion of the Netherlands|invasion]] of the [[Netherlands]] was to take place the following day. Being prepared, [[Anton Philips]] and his son-in-law [[Frans Otten]], as well as other Philips family members, fled to the United States taking a large amount of the company capital with them. Operating from the US as the '''North American Philips Company''', they managed to run the company throughout the war. At the same time, the company was moved (on paper) to the [[Netherlands Antilles]] to keep it out of German hands.<ref>{{cite web|title=Philips Electronics NV {{!}} Dutch manufacturer|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philips-Electronics-NV|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126171929/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philips-Electronics-NV|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 6 December 1942, the British [[No. 2 Group RAF]] undertook [[Operation Oyster]], which heavily damaged the Philips Radio factory in Eindhoven with few casualties among the Dutch workers and civilians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/61/a3537461.shtml|title=BBC – WW2 People's War – Operation Oyster, Part 1|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212204359/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/61/a3537461.shtml|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Philips location in Eindhoven was bombed again by the RAF on 30 March 1943.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDoRBQAAQBAJ&q=philips+++eindhoven+++bombed+++march+++1943&pg=PA140|title=The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book|first1=Chris|last1=Everitt|first2=Martin|last2=Middlebrook|date=2 April 2014|publisher=Pen and Sword|access-date=30 December 2016|via=Google Books|isbn=9781473834880|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108141454/https://books.google.com/books?id=eDoRBQAAQBAJ&q=philips+++eindhoven+++bombed+++march+++1943&pg=PA140|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/timeline/1943/30th-march-1943-wwii-timeline.htm|title=30th March 1943 WWII Timeline|first=Mr A I|last=Bruce|website=Wehrmacht-history.com|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212105810/http://www.wehrmacht-history.com/timeline/1943/30th-march-1943-wwii-timeline.htm|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Frits Philips]], the son of Anton, was the only Philips family member to stay in the Netherlands. He saved the lives of 382 Jews by convincing the Nazis that they were indispensable for the production process at Philips.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frits Philips celebrates 100th birthday|date=15 April 2005|access-date=10 January 2015|website=Philips|url=http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/news/archive/news2005/article-14959.wpd|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906042020/http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/news/archive/news2005/article-14959.wpd|archive-date=6 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1943, he was held at the [[Herzogenbusch concentration camp|Vught]] internment camp for political prisoners for several months because a strike at his factory reduced production. For his actions in saving the hundreds of Jews, he was recognized by [[Yad Vashem]] in 1995 as a "[[Righteous Among the Nations]]".<ref>''The Encyclopedia of the [[Righteous Among the Nations]]: Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust: The Netherlands'', Jerusalem: [[Yad Vashem]], 2004, pp. 596–597</ref>