EN

Vrij Nederland

The weekly magazine Vrij Nederland was part of the underground press during the war.

Subject

The first issue of the underground magazine Vrij Nederland appeared on 31 August 1940.[1] The first issue had a circulation of one hundred; by early 1941 this had risen to ten thousand. In March and April '41, almost everyone involved was arrested.[2] Several times a whole group of contributors were arrested, but the magazine continued to appear. In late 1942, anti-revolutionary editors split off. They founded a new magazine, from which Trouw emerged.[3]

In the summer of 1945, Vrij Nederland moved into the address Keizersgracht 604 in Amsterdam.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Referred to by Anne as: Vrij-Nederland. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 28 January 1944, in: The Collected Works, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ L. de Jong, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog : deel 4: mei '40 - maart '41: tweede helft, 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1972, p. 716; Wikipedia: Vrij Nederland.
  3. ^ Kurt Baschwitz, De krant door alle tijden, Amsterdam: Keesing, [1949], p. 270.
  4. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten, inv. nr. 176: Woningkaart Keizersgracht 604.