Michel Velleman



Ben Ali Libi, birth name Michel Velleman (5 January 1895 – 2 July 1943) was a Jewish magician who was killed in World War II. He is notable for Dutch poet Willem Wilmink's poem about him being killed by the Nazis.

He was living in Amsterdam on Merwedeplein 59 when he was abducted during a razzia in 1942. He wrote a book of magic tricks that was published in 1925.