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<span>Dirckgen Tasch (Dirck or Derk Tasschemaker), originally from </span>[[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]<span>, was a little known </span>[[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]]<span> leader in the </span>[[Netherlands|Netherlands]]<span> in its earliest period. In 1534 he was active in preaching and baptizing in [[Leeuwarden (Friesland, Netherlands)|Leeuwarden]] and Emden. Later on he lived in </span>[[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]]<span>, where he died in late 1534 or early 1535. His prophecy in the summer of 1534 that after a darkness of three days the Lord would give the city of Amsterdam to the Anabaptists without bloodshed, is evidence of his eschatological, but peaceful ideas. </span>
= Bibliography =
<em><span>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</span></em><span> (1917): 155, No. 57. </span>

<span>Mellink, Albert F.<em> De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544</em>. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 35, 69, 114 f.</span>

<em><span>Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535</span></em><span>, in <em>Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap</em>, vol. XLI. Amsterdam, 1920: 48. </span>
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