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Items associated with name 'Netherlands'
De Bezige Bij (The Busy Bee) Cartoons
by Links, Karel (1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 12 color cartoon postcards were published in 1945 by De Bezige Bij (The Busy Bee) in German-occupied Holland. The Dutch cartoonist, Karel Links, created the anti-Nazi underground cartoons, which is titled "Het is Niet Waar...Dat Hebben We Niet Gewild" ("It's not true...We did not want that!"). The images depict the Nazis taking items such as radio sets, bicycles, copper and brass objects, and even dogs.
Confederate Bank Note collection
by Unknown (1861 – 1954)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Confederate Bank Note collection documents the Confederate and individual southern states' monetary culture during the Civil War, spanning 1861-1866. There are also bank notes from Germany, Canada, The Netherlands, and Bermuda spanning from 1914-1954.
Dutch 'Keep Your Pity for the Weak' Propaganda
by Netherlands Information Bureau (1942)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This publication, entitled "Keep Your Pity for the Weak," was published by the Netherlands Information Bureau for the Queen Wilhemina Fund. It describes in English, accompanied by photographs, the various efforts of the Dutch people and military to combat the German and Japanese during the Second World War.
Dutch Anti-German Postcard
by Unknown (1942)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This postcard depicts a German raid on Dutch citizens with text that encourages liberation.
Ondergrondsche Borrelingskes
by Links, Karel; Veth, Cornelis (1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This booklet was created in 1945 by Karel Links and Cornelis Veth and was titled "Ondergrondsche Borrelingskes." It is a Dutch anti-German book in rhyme with comical illustrations.
Travel Diary of Mildred Greve
by Greve, Mildred (1957 – 1959)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This travel diary was written by Mildred Greve of Broome County, New York between 1957. The diary, which contains daily entries and accounts of expenditures, documents three trips abroad with her husband, James. The couple flew out of New York in 1957 for their first trip, which included a stop in Ireland and extensive stays in the villages and cities of Scandinavian countries like Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. In 1958 they took their second trip to Europe, this time to Belgium where they attended the Brussels Exposition of 1958. After Belgium the Greves stayed in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and returned to Brussels for their return flight to America. The third trip was a road trip up the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada. There is one letter from July 15, 1958 as well as a newspaper clipping about visiting Finland.
Vrij Nederland (Free Netherlands)
by van Randwijk, Henk (editor) (circa 1942)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection contains one issue of the Dutch underground newspaper, Vrij Nederland (Free Netherlands), which was printed circa 1942 during the German occupation of Holland in the Second World War. It contains translated text sections welcoming allied soldiers and cartoons including one of Adolf Hitler crying.