Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis - Volume 135, Issue 2/3, 2022

Abstract Propaganda battle for Europe. Interactions between the Dutch pro-Nazi and pro-Allied press after Operation Barbarossa During the German occupation of the Netherlands the occupying authorities, Dutch collaborators, and journalists writing under censorship frequently invoked the notion of ‘Europe’ in order to legitimize Nazi-Germany’s occupation and war aims. Hitler’s invasion of Russia was justified as a crusa Read More

Abstract VOC mentalities during the Second World War. Colonial propaganda in Dutch-language media, 1940-1945 This article analyses the role which colonial issues, particularly in the Netherlands Indies, played in the propaganda war between supporters and opponents of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In 1940 and 1941 the main lines of communication between the European and overseas parts of the Kin Read More

Abstract Journalists on the frontlines. Dutch war reporting during the Second World War News from the battlefields reached the Dutch public in the Second World War from various sources: official statements by the military, rumours, and dispatches by correspondents. While sometimes based on eyewitness accounts, difficulty getting close to the frontline as well as censorship meant these reports were often unreliable. Journali Read More

Abstract Reporting the Holocaust. The media wars around Jews, 1940-1945 This article focuses on the ways in which Dutch media presented the persecution of Jews during the Second World War. Considering both allied and German propaganda, it offers a combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of newspapers and radio. It shows that the Holocaust was presented in the traditional, detached, and unemotional m Read More