The autograph book of a Nurse Burton who served at Seaford Hospital in Sussex (pictured). The book includes entries by the West Indian patients whom she looked after, along with a sketch of the…
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Themes: Race; Poem; Photograph; Gender
The postcard shows a group of prisoners of war and their guards in the propaganda camp in Wünsdorf. They are shown supposedly in their leisure time; some of them doing a three-legged race, others are…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Photograph; Captivity
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colonial intellectual, Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Jihad, Muslims, Personal Encounters, Photograph, postcard, POW, pow-camp
This map of the world was produced in 1916 by Wellington House, the official British War Propaganda Bureau in London. The map aimed to demonstrate the ‘world dominance’ of the Allies, as it…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Language; Imperial Strategy
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Arabic, Belgium, Chinese, English, France, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, Language, Malay, Muslims, Propaganda, Race, Wellington House
In the June 1918 article 'Irish, Finns and Flemings', an anonymous journalist from the German sponsored, Dutch journal De Toekomst [The Future] criticises the lack of Dutch support for the Flemish…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
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Dutch, Fins, Flemish, German Revolutionary Program, Great Netherlands, imperial strategy, Irish, Language, newspapers, Pan-Germanism, Propaganda, Race, revolution
German propaganda film from 1914 with Dutch subtitles http://filmportal.de/video/ihr-unteroffizier
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Gender; Film
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film propaganda, Germany, Netherlands, Neutrality
The published account of a padre, Alfred Horner, who served with the 9th Battalion of the British West Indies Regiment, based on his diary and articles written for the Nassau Tribune. It was published…
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Themes: Race; Mobility; Memoirs
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Colonial, France, Great-Britain, Journey, Memory, Non-Combatant, Priest, Race, West Indies
This is the last issue of the soldier newspaper published by and for the members of the 'Motor Transport Depot' in Dar es Salaam in December 1918.
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Themes: Race; Newspapers & Magazines
'Trench art', a generic term used to describe folk art created in the context of war, has only very recently drawn the attention of academic scholars. These objects can take any form but most common…
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Theme: Language
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
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anti-colonialism, anti-German, colonial intellectual, Dutch East Indies, France, German Revolutionary Program, Imperial identity, imperial strategy, loyalty, newspapers, Propaganda, The Netherlands
An open letter addressed to 'the Belgians' from the Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden. He supported the Belgian nation and considered Belgium as possessing a far higher moral standard than Germany. To…
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Letter; Language; Intellectual Exchange
Writing from his deployment with the United States 101st Engineer Corps in Northern France, George Abraham Matook asks the Syrian American Club of Boston to send letters to the Arab American troops in…
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Theme: Letter
A selection of official photographs taken by Ernest Brooks of a sports day in France. Men of the South African Native Labour Corps are seen performing a 'Zulu war dance', watched by officers and men…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Photograph; Mobility
A Victory Parade was held in London on 19 July 1919 and soldiers were brought from India to participate in the parade in a show of imperial strength and unity. In the first image, Gurkhas from the…
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Themes: Race; Photograph; Mobility
A translation of the seminal First World War memoir written by Bakary Diallo, a Pullo soldier from Senegal who fought for France in the war. Diallo shares his life story, including his childhood in…
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Themes: Race; Mobility; Memoirs
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Africa, colonial intellectual, Colonial Troops, France, Memoir, Memory
Advertisement for De overweldiging van België by the war correspondent Lambertus Mokveld. It states that this is the first and only book by a trustworthy eyewitness of the German invasion on Belgium…
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality
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Belgium, Dutch book market, Propaganda, The Netherlands
Postcard depicting a mural in a pavilion from the exhibition De Vrouw 1813-1913 (The Woman 1813-1913), held in Amsterdam in 1913.
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Gender
The three pictures show prisoners of war photographed by Otto Stiehl, who was assigned to the headquarters of both propaganda camps near Berlin.
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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Personal Encounters, Photograph, POW, pow-camp, The Other
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
John Brown's personal photograph album, including photographs of Naga Hills tribesmen in traditional dress on the deck of HMS Kingstonian in the Mediterranean, en route from India to France (May…
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Themes: Race; Photograph; Mobility
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Egypt, Indian Army, Labour, Photograph
Propaganda postcard promoting Dutch neutrality, drawn by the Dutch painter Theo Molkenboer.
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard
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Dutch, Neutrality, postcard, Propaganda, The Netherlands
Cover letter and three excerpts from Dutch newspapers highlighting the efforts of German propaganda to influence the Dutch press.
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Film
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film propaganda, Germany, Netherlands
Brochure advertising a collection of pictures from wartime Belgium to Dutch cinema managers.
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Themes: Propaganda; Photograph; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Film; Captivity
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Belgian refugees, Belgium, film propaganda, Netherlands
This satirical cartoon, published in the newspaper Het Nieuws van den Dag on 11 January 1915, ridicules the many Dutch women's committees that took care of the mobilized Dutch soldiers.
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Gender
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mobilization, Netherlands, Neutrality
Wide black-and-white shot of men from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, some on foot, some on camels, with their Egyptian guides in the desert, in front of the Sphinx and one of the Pyramids.
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Themes: Photograph; Mobility
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The Other, Tourism, Travel
This postcard is based on an old Dutch song for children ‘In Holland stands a house’. Soldiers of all belligerent nations are pictured dancing around the Dutch Peace Palace, a symbol of the…
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Neutrality
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Neutrality, Pacifism, Peace, postcard, The Netherlands