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Auction History Result 6c283 WEERSPORT KAMPEN 22x32 Dutch WWII war poster 1943 join the German military Army Sports Camp! Date Sold 5/3/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Folded Dutch World War II Poster (measures 21 3/4" x 31 1/2" [55 x 80 cm]) (Learn More) Weersport Kampen (literally translates to "Army Sports Camp"), the 1943 Dutch World War II (WWII) recruitment poster (created by the Nazi German occupying forces) encouraging Dutch men to join the Nazi German military, and featuring an image of a shirtless man throwing a grenade. The Germanic SS (Germanische SS) was the collective name given to Nordic SS groups which arose in occupied Europe between 1939 and 1945. The units were modeled on the Allgemeine SS in Nazi Germany. Such groups existed in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium, whose populations the Nazi ideologues considered to be especially "racially suitable". After the invasion of Poland in 1939, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, sought to expand the Waffen-SS with foreign volunteers for the "crusade against Bolshevism". The enrollment began in April 1940 with the creation of two regiments: the Waffen-SS Regiment Nordland (for Danish, Norwegian and Swedish volunteers), and the Waffen-SS Regiment Westland (for Dutch and Flemish volunteers). After the war, the unit personnel were tried in the Netherlands, with several death sentences handed down. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a remarkable collection of 14 posters that were printed in Holland during World War II while they were occupied by Nazi Germany. They are all propaganda posters designed to sway the Dutch people to support the Nazis and fear the Allies. These posters are surely incredibly rare (since any surviving ones would have likely been destroyed soon after Holland was liberated, and in addition, there were huge paper shortages at this time. We are auctioning the 14 posters in 14 separate auctions. This is an extremely rare opportunity to purchase one or more of these extremely rare posters, which likely should be displayed in museums. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has tiny paper loss at the top crossfold and some darkening on the folds and in the borders. There is some tiny paper loss and tiny surface paper loss in the left border. Learn More about condition grades 
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