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East and West in the War

Newspaper article by the Dutch writer Henri Borel on the entry of British and French colonial troops in the war. The article 'East and West in the War' was published in the colonial newspaper…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Mobility; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-colonialism, Colonial Troops, Dutch, France, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, India, internationalism, Race, The Netherlands, writer

Duitsche Lusitania en Tubantia-Penningen

Press excerpt, official letter, and newspaper clipping commenting on the issuance of two German medals commemorating the sinking of Lusitania and Tubantia.

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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality
Tags: Germany, Netherlands, Neutrality, Propaganda

'Causeries from Java'. Review of the British propaganda film The Battle of the Somme in the Dutch East Indies

Film review by the Dutch playwright and journalist Henri van Wermeskerken published in De Sumatra Post on 21 April 1917.

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy; Film
Tags: Dutch East Indies, film propaganda, German Revolutionary Program, Neutrality, newspapers, The Netherlands

Beautiful Holland

Promotional film from 1915 commissioned by the Dutch Tourism Office, showing the beauty of Dutch landscapes and traditional occupations of its…

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Film

French mothers

Dutch brochure advertising the French propaganda masterpiece Mères françaises, starring Sarah Bernhardt.

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Gender; Film
Tags: anti-German, film propaganda, France, Neutrality, pro-French

W P: Now or never!

Propaganda postcard commenting on the activities of war profiteers, drawn by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.

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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality
Tags: Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands

Poems by Albert Verwey

A collection of poems written by the most famous Dutch poet Albert Verwey, translated into German and published by the internationally renowned German publishing house Insel Verlag in Leipzig in 1917.…

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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Poem; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: cultural propaganda, Dutch, Europe, Flamenpolitik, Flemish, Germany, Language, poet, The Netherlands, Translation

British propaganda in Allied and neutral countries. Note by Lord Cecil from the Foreign Office, 29 December 1916

Dated 29 December 1916, this report by Lord Cecil from the British Foreign Office comprises evaluations of British propaganda conducted in both Allied and neutral countries and among Muslim…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Poem; Photograph; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
Tags: cartoon, Dutch East Indies, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, India, Java, Jihad, Muslims, Neutrality, newspapers, Photograph, Propaganda, Race, The Netherlands

Song of the Greater Netherlands

In this poem, René de Clercq, one of the most popular Flemish poets of the era, celebrates his allegiance to the 'Great Netherlands'. During the war he took part in the German propaganda policy to…

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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Poem; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
Tags: Belgium, Flamenpolitik, Flemish, Flemish activism, Great Netherlands, Poem, South Africa, The Netherlands

Report of Richard von Kühlmann, German envoy in the Netherlands, to the German chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg, 5 October 1915

In this October 1915 report, the German envoy in the Netherlands, Richard von Kühlmann, discussed German ambitions in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Flanders. To read the original report, please click…

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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: Belgium, cultural propaganda, Flamenpolitik, Flemish, Flemish activism, German Revolutionary Program, Germany, imperial strategy, Language, Neutrality, official documents, Race, The Netherlands

Report by Raden Mas Sosrokartono to Henri Allizé, French envoy to The Hague, on Der Neue Orient, ca. 1917-1918

Plan written by the Indonesian journalist, translator and writer Raden Mas Sosrokartono to counter German imperial strategies in Asia, in particular the German journal Der Neue Orient. Armed with this…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-colonialism, anti-German, colonial intellectual, Dutch East Indies, France, German Revolutionary Program, Imperial identity, imperial strategy, loyalty, newspapers, Propaganda, The Netherlands

War news in the wilderness

Cartoon by Dutch artist Albert Hahn, in which two 'uncivilized' black men read about the German atrocities in their newspaper The Jungle. The text reads: 'Are these Europeans not the people who send…

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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy
Tags: cartoon, Civilization, imperial strategy, Race

To the American People

Dutch manifesto of the Holland section of the League of Neutral States directed at American citizens in December 1916.

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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-German, Neutrality, Pacifism, Propaganda, South Africa, The Netherlands, United States

Letter by a Dutch reader on the pro-Allied book Belgium and Germany by Henri Davignon

Extract from a letter by a Dutch reader on the pro-Allied book Belgium and Germany: texts and documents by Henri Davignon. The Dutch translation of the book enjoyed immense popularity among a Dutch…

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Letter; Language; Intellectual Exchange
Tags: cultural propaganda, Dutch book market, Propaganda, Translation

If only you would've had me!

Propaganda postcard promoting Dutch neutrality by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.

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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality
Tags: Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands

The Execution of Josef Fourie

In this poem, the Dutch poet Albert Verwey criticises the execution of Boer rebel Josef Fourie by the pro-British government of South Africa. Verwey defends the rights of the Dutch-speaking Afrikaners…

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Themes: Race; Poem; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-British, Boer war, Dutch, Great Netherlands, Poem, poet, Race, South Africa, The Netherlands

German prisoners in Algiers

A postcard picturing German prisoners in Algiers. On the reverse are words printed in poor Dutch: 'One can see from the look of them that they have not suffered from their treatment' ('Men kan hat hem…

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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: Algeria, Camp, France, Germany, postcard, POWs, Propaganda, Soldiers

Advertisement for The Chronicle of the European War 1914 published in the Dutch book catalogue in 1916

Advertisement for Gedenkboek van den Europeeschen Oorlog 1914 (The Chronicle of the European War 1914) in the Dutch book catalogue in 1916

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Themes: Neutrality; Language
Tags: Dutch, Dutch book market, The Netherlands

'To the Netherlands'

Poem written on a postcard, in which 'a Belgian refugee' thanks the Netherlands for its hospitality.

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Themes: Poem; Neutrality; Captivity
Tags: Belgium, Camp, Neutrality, Poem, Refugees, The Netherlands

The Legend of Saint Barbara

An Italian propaganda film depicting the Germans as vandals trying to destroy ancient Roman civilisation and whose women were ready to fight for freedom to the bitter…

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy; Gender; Film
Tags: anti-German, film propaganda, Neutrality

Letter from Hubert Montgomery to Alan Johnstone on anti-Allied propaganda in the Netherlands, 1916

Official letter from Hubert Montgomery (Foreign Office, London) to Alan Johnstone (British envoy in the Netherlands) on anti-Allied propaganda in Amsterdam in 1916.

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange
Tags: cultural propaganda, Dutch book market, Propaganda, Wellington House

The Battle of the Somme sent to the Dutch West Indies, 1916

Official correspondence between Wellington House and the Foreign Office concerning the dispatch and distribution of The Battle of the Somme in the Dutch West Indies. The letter is dated 26 August…

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy; Film
Tags: Dutch West Indies, film propaganda, Great-Britain, Wellington House

Latin Spring. Essays and notes

In 1918 the Dutch poet and journalist Jan Greshoff compiled his newspaper articles and literary reviews in Latin Spring. Essays and Notes. These pieces had all been originally published in the…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Poem; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Gender
Tags: anti-German, Dutch, essay, France, Germany, Latin, nationalism, Neutrality, Race, The Netherlands

French Marines

Newspaper advert for the French propaganda film screened in the Netherlandshttp://www.cnc-aff.fr/internet_cnc/Internet/ARemplir/parcours/EFG1914/pages_FR/B_412.html

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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Film
Tags: film propaganda, militarism, Neutrality

He said something!

Propaganda postcard promoting Dutch neutrality whilst being under foreign pressure to join the war, drawn by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.

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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality
Tags: Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands