De Groene Amsterdammer Onafhankelijk Weekblad voor Nederland 1940-1945 Nachtmerrie over Nederland, een herinneringsalbum.- "Nightmare Over the Netherlands - Memory Album" - Booklet with impressive illustrations that sharply documents the horrors of the Netherlands occupation by the Nazis during the war, by Dutch illustrator Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan, Published by the Dutch magazine De Groene. The Netherlands, 1945. Dutch.
A booklet of impressive color illustrations by the Dutch artist Leendert Jordaan which he created in secret in the living room of his home between 1940-1945. On the same street where Himmler established the Gestapo headquarters in Amsterdam, Leendert Jordaan spent the entire war years drawing. Under constant threat and fear of being discovered at work, in a completely isolated living room he illustrated his major works against the Nazi regime, removing any traces left in the art room after each piece. Jordaan, who was an eyewitness himself to Nazi violence and highly aware of what was happening in the Netherlands, vividly expressed the horrors of the Nazi beast through his paintings. His aim was to illustrate to future generations the true face of Nazi Germany and the atrocities it perpetrated in the Netherlands. The result - the quality series of paintings before us which were collected into this album published in the liberated Netherlands after the war. The illustrations document harsh scenes during the Nazi occupation, from the brutal Nazi entry into the Netherlands and their takeover of all aspects of Dutch life, to the marking of Jews with yellow badges, the deportation of Dutch Jews to death camps, Gestapo violence in the streets, and more. The precise and impactful paintings are reminiscent in style of the major works of Artur Szyk, also created during those years in opposition to the Nazi regime.
Each illustration has a title and brief description on the facing page. Among the illustrations: Under the title "Madness Unleashed" it depicts: "Gently, almost sweetly, it began with just a few dismissals and a demand to register - the Jews. But soon the storm broke, a storm of insane prohibitions and cruel looting orders. Shocked and confused, the Netherlands saw its Jewish citizens dragged into the ghetto, arrested and plundered, deported to Poland. Amsterdam-Westerbork-Lublin, Amsterdam-Westerbork-Auschwitz, these were the routes to the torture camp and the gas chamber. In this way, almost 100,000 Dutch men, women and children, were murdered in cold blood".
Additional illustrations: A scene of the invasion of the Netherlands: "Like a thief in the night May 10, 1940", "The Robot" - depicting the severe violence the Nazis used in occupying the Netherlands, "The New Order Marches!" - the new Nazi order taking over the Netherlands, "The Swastika" - how German labor was exploited for the crooked Nazi ideology, "For Life and Death" - an illustration documenting the cruelty of Gestapo soldiers: "The Security Service and the Gestapo, words Europe learned to hate", "All for the homeland" - the selfless sacrifice of Dutch soldiers defending their country, "The Last Parade" - illustration depicting the defeat of Nazi Germany, and more.
Leendert Jordaan [1885-1980] Prominent Dutch film critic and cartoonist. As a cartoonist of political cartoons, Jordaan was best known for his work in the weekly magazine Het Leven. In the 1930s, Jordaan was the main illustrator for De Groene Amsterdammer, focusing mainly on the Hitler regime. His harsh anti-German caricatures appeared in this magazine until May 11, 1940, when they were banned from publication by the German occupiers. From 1965 until his death in 1980, Jordaan lived in a small house on Doetinchemseweg, near the center of Zelhem.
[70] p. Of which 32 pages are full-page color illustrations. 33 cm. The spiral used as spine - partially missing. Overall good - very good condition .
