British soldiers' newspaper from German East Africa
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
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In the Light of the Flame of War
Cover and extracts from In the Light of the Flame of War, an essay on the meaning of the war by the Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden, based on his lectures given in late 1914 and 1915 and published in…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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essay, internationalism, Neutrality, Pacifism, public intellectual, The Netherlands, Van Eeden
The East and the War
Open letters from the Egyptian revolutionary Dr Rifat to the German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg published and commented on by an anonymous anti-colonial journalist in the Dutch-Indonesian weekly…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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anti-British, anti-colonialism, Dutch, Dutch East Indies, Egypt, German Revolutionary Program, internationalism, Netherlands, newspapers, pro-German, Propaganda
The war and Momi's dream
Dutch newspaper advert promoting an Italian propaganda film. Film clip https://vimeo.com/85155924
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Film
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film propaganda, Italy, Neutrality
Love song performed by the Moroccan prisoner of war Kadr Ben Hamed at the Halfmoon camp in Wünsdorf
This song was recorded in the Halfmoon camp in Wünsdorf in 1918. Biographical details of the singer are in the PK-files. A translation was produced by Samir El-Moussati in 2014.
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Themes: Recording; Race; Propaganda; Captivity
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Arabic, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Language, POW, pow-camp, Sound Recording
The usurpation of Belgium by Lambertus Mokveld (advert)
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
People who stayed at home and prisoners of war harvesting the hay
The picture shows a number of people helping to store the hay in a barn. On the right, an elderly man supervises. On the left, a man, presumably a French prisoner of war, holds a scythe and watches…
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Captivity
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Labour, painting, Personal Encounters, postcard, POW, The Other
The memoir of an interpreter with the Chinese Labour Corps
The only eyewitness account from a member of the Chinese Labour Corps that has been translated into a western language, the memoir of Gu Xingqing is a remarkable and important document. Even if Gu did…
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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
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cultural propaganda, Dutch, Europe, Flamenpolitik, Flemish, Germany, Language, poet, The Netherlands, Translation
'The influence of the war on Dutch book production 1913-1920'
The article deals with book production in the Netherlands in the years 1913-1920.
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange
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Dutch book market, The Netherlands
Report on French propaganda in the Netherlands, May 1916
In May 1916, the French propaganda official Maurice Gandolphe wrote an extensive advisory report to strengthen French cultural propaganda in the Netherlands. He had conducted a secret mission to the…
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange
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cultural propaganda, French, newspapers, official documents, public intellectual, The Netherlands
All or nothing
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
Camp of Gouda (Our Belgian Refugees in Holland)
Documentary made in 1916 showing a large group of Belgian refugees - women, men and children - in a camp in the Netherlands performing their daily activities…
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Themes: Propaganda; Neutrality; Mobility; Film; Captivity
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Belgian refugees, Belgium, film propaganda, Netherlands, Neutrality
Anzac Magazine, The Kia Ora Coo-Ee
Cover page and inside pages from one issue of The Kia Ora Coo-Ee, a magazine produced by Australian and New Zealand troops in Egypt and Palestine in 1918. The cover shows one Anzac soldier being…
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Themes: Newspapers & Magazines; Mobility
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Anzac, Colonial Troops, Egypt, Magazine
The Battle of Ancre and the Advancement of the Tanks, screened in the Dutch East Indies
Newspapers advertisements from Dutch colonial newspapers about the official British war documentary The Battle of Ancre and the Advancement of the Tanks (1917).
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy; Film
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colonies, film propaganda, Netherlands, pro-British
German propaganda in Islamic countries, March 1917
In this report of 18 March 1917, the French envoy Henri Allizé to The Hague listed all pan-Islamic propaganda printed by German officials in the Netherlands and circulated to the British and French…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
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anti-colonialism, Dutch, Dutch East Indies, France, German Revolutionary Program, Malay, Muslims, official documents, pamphlet, pan-Islamism, Propaganda, revolution, The Netherlands
Sketches and proposals on film propaganda written as a result of a journey to Holland
Official report written by Dr Hans Cürlis after his journey to the Netherlands.
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Film
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nationalism, Pan-Germanism, Propaganda
The Bayram Feast at the Muslim Internment Camps in Wünsdorf (1916)
Short German documentary showing religious celebrations at the end of Ramadan in the internment camps in Wünsdorf near Zossen. https://www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/2535
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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy; Film; Captivity
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Camp, film propaganda, Germany, Muslims, The Netherlands
The dangers that encircle Holland
Satirical cartoon displaying political dangers to Dutch territorial integrity
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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy
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cartoon, Neutrality, Propaganda
Algeria – Zouave on sentry duty
The postcard depicts a Zouave soldier in full uniform, resting on his rifle and gazing into the distance. The soldier’s facial expression conveys confidence, reliability, and strength, assuring the…
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Themes: Race; Postcard; Photograph; Imperial Strategy
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Algeria, Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, colonies, France, imperial strategy, mobilisation, postcard
Maori being entertained by Egyptian kids
Official photograph of Maori troops at a camp in Egypt with two little boys who have come to visit the men. The children are at the centre of the image, saluting the camera, while the Maori men look…
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Themes: Race; Photograph; Mobility; Language
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Children, Egypt, Maori, Race
French prisoners of war
This photograph captures a rare encounter between colonial prisoners of war and the German public. A group of prisoners of war are escorted by German soldiers through the streets of Zossen-Wünsdorf,…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, India, Mobility, Photograph, postcard, POW, The Other, western front
A Maori song about the First World War
This waiata (song) is attributed to Sir Apirana Ngata, a Maori member of the New Zealand parliament. He wrote it down in this form and publicized it to inspire wartime recruitment. Ngata published it…
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Themes: Recording; Propaganda; Gender
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Maori, Music, New Zealand, Women
With a calm gaze and a firm pace she goes her way, led by Ideal and enlightened by Science and knows that once this seed has sprouted, it will bring Mankind 'Peace'
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
Memoir by British Officer Serving in East Africa
War memoir by British medical officer. This book became a bestseller and went through several editions, shaping impressions of the war in East Africa in the minds of the British public.
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Themes: Race; Mobility; Memoirs
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Africa, Colonial soldiers, Empire, Indian Army, Memoir