''Volk en Vaderland'' (''People and Fatherland'') was a Dutch weekly paper published by Nenasu (''Nederlandsch Nationaal Socialistische Uitgeverij''), a Nazi publishing firm owned by
Anton Mussert
Anton Adriaan Mussert (; 11 May 1894 – 7 May 1946) was a Dutch politician who co-founded the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) in 1931 and served as its leader until the party was banned in 1945. As such, he was the most pro ...
. Mussert was leader of the NSB or
National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
The National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (, ; NSB) was a Dutch fascist and later Nazi political organisation that eventually became a political party. As a parliamentary party participating in legislative elections, the NSB had some suc ...
. The NSB was a Nazi Dutch political party that collaborated with the German occupier during
World War II
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.
The weekly paper, also known as ''VoVa'', was founded in January 1933. It was the oldest national magazine related to the NSB. It was published in newspaper format and was sold mostly by peddling in the streets. It had a print run of 40,000 in May 1940 and grew to 200,000 in 1943, but in the last year of World War II its print run decreased to only 15,000.
[Kromhout, Bas. ''Fout! Wat Hollandse nazi-kranten schreven over Nederland, Joden en verzet''. Amsterdam: Historisch Nieuwsblad, 2016, p. 20 (in Dutch).]
The street peddling of the weekly often led to riots and fights with opponents of the NSB. As ''VoVa'' reflected the opinions of the NSB's political leadership, it gradually moved from fascism to national socialism. During the
German occupation of the Netherlands
Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany German invasion of the Netherlands, invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of ''Fall Gelb'' (Case Yellow). On 15 May 1940, one day after the Rotterdam Blitz, bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces ...
from May 1940 to May 1945 the paper's content was in line with Nazism.
After the liberation the publication was ended and until 2023 the name ''Volk en Vaderland'' is banned for use by new publications.
See also
*''
Volk en Staat''
"Volk En Vaderland" 31 Mei 1940
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References
Defunct newspapers published in the Netherlands
Fascist newspapers
Defunct weekly newspapers
Weekly newspapers published in the Netherlands
National Socialist Movement (Netherlands)
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