In May 1970 the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the
Netherlands was celebrated in the King's Library of the British
Museum with an ex hibition of Dutch clandestine printing. The books
shown were part of the considerable collection assembled in the
intervening years by Miss Anna Simoni in the course of her official
duties in the Department. It has been decided that the size and
quality of this collection justify the publication of a catalogue.
For this, and the full indexes which have been provided, credit is
also due to Miss Simoni. The British Library Board wishes to
express its deep appreciation of the generosity of the donors and
helpers whose names are mentioned in the introduction. K. B.
Gardner Principal Keeper Department of Printed Books INTRODUCTION
The Second World War saw German rule extended over many countries
where most of the people were fundamentally opposed to the Nazi ide
ology. In all these enslaved nations Resistance movements sprang up
and they took various forms, one of the most important of which was
the work of the illegal press. In the Netherlands, as elsewhere,
under ground newspapers were of the greatest political importance.
At the same time a large number of pamphlets helped to strengthen
the peo ple's will to continue the struggle and to form public
opinion on future developments."
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