This is a fun little book from my collection, published in 1945 it was an early war souvenir.
'Gek en wijs tijdens Seyss', 'Mad and Wise during Seyss', Seyss standing for Seyss-Inquart, Reich commissioner for the German-occupied Netherlands.
A what to do and what not to do 🧵
Mad; handing in all the lovely old copper, tin and nickel for war production, as the Germans ordered in June 1941.
Wise; burying it in the garden.
Mad; Showing the scummy traitors of the W.A. your support by saluting as they march through the streets.
Wise; Show them how you really feel by turning your back on them.
Mad; A police officer taking part in confiscating bicycles for the Germans, again for war production, troop transport, etc.
But an essential possession for civilians during the war.
Wise; A police officer looking the other way when he spotted a bicycle.
Mad; Dating the enemy.
Wise; Sending parcels to your husband who's a POW.
Mad; Listening to the propaganda lies of that traitor Blokzijl on the Dutch radio.
Wise; Listening in secret to the Allied radio broadcast on a wireless set hidden away, something you could be severely punished for.
Mad; Making a fortune selling tires to the Germans, like a fat war profiteer.
Wise; Deflating German tires.
Mad; A woman betrayed her neighbour who bought two ration coupons, which was not allowed, the Landwacht scum put her in jail.
Wise; Another woman with her comrades risks her life to liberate someone from a prison.
Mad; Selling the Dutch Nazi newspaper while those do show their disdain for that in public get a beating from a WA man.
Wise; Barely 16 years old this kid risks concentration camp by spreading underground newspapers.
Mad; Giving the Germans your best and most loyal friend when you're ordered to hand in your dog when ordered to do so.
Wise; Renting a small dog when you're ordered to hand in your dog so the Germans won't want it and send you away.
Mad; Betraying your fellow countrymen to the Germans which often resulted in their death.
Wise; Helping your fellow countrymen by providing them with a hiding spot.
Mad; Not caring about the war, pretending it isn't happening.
Wise; Making sure you know exactly what th situation is, keeping track of troop movement and when to expect the liberation!
Booklet was written by Wouter Loeb and drawn by Jan Lavies.
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A few days ago I complained about a Guardian article using a bad photo from a film in an article about Joan Clarke, a Bletchley Park code breaker, but... something much worse might have happened...
I don't think this photo they used is of Joan...
@TeaKayB pointed this out to me and I was stunned, surely not, that would be extraordinary sloppy.
So I looked into it, of course.
For starters the image they used is flipped, here's the full picture as it should look:
Time to look at another photo album in my collection, a tiny one this time with one picture on each page, showing us the adventures of some Dutch girl scouts in the early 1930s.
This Friday the game 'Manor Lord' is coming out, it's a medieval city builder that I've made a modest contribution to as a historical consultant and beta tester for.
I've been very excited about it for a long time and I'm not the only one, it's creating quite a buzz and has ended up on a lot of wishlists.
What I love about it most is that it tries to depict the middle ages in an accurate way, behind the scenes historians, experts & history addicts have been debating the tiniest details.
I think the result is one of the most historically accurate medieval games I've ever played.
#Manorlords
So let's have a sneak peek at it shall we?
First, here's an official video:
Before you start you set up your profile and design your own family crest, look familiar?
This bit alone is SUCH fun, you can fiddle and play with this editor for ages till you get exactly what you want and then you'll see it on the banners in the game!
SUCH FUN!
Sigh.
An account with half a million followers just tweeted that long debunked 'life in the 1500s' nonsense, 2.2 million people have seen it.
So here we go again...