'Johnson Oorlogsmisdadiger' (Johnson, war criminal): placard at an anti-American demonstration, Amsterdam
Marchers in Amsterdam carry a printed placard reading 'JOHNSON / [O]ORLOGSMISDADIGER' (Johnson, war criminal), with flags behind and mounted police alongside. The placard applies a legal-criminal label to the U.S. president by name as a substitute for an argument about policy; it is the only text on the placard.
- Date
- March 16, 1968
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Participants in an anti-American demonstration, Amsterdam (photographed by Anefo)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- De Jong Government
- Leader
- Piet de Jong
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Techniques
- Name-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC0 1.0 (Nationaal Archief / Anefo release; Commons file page tagged CC0)
Jack de Nijs / Anefo / Nationaal Archief, item 921-1707 (CC0; no attribution required)
Text on the object
JOHNSON [O]ORLOGSMISDADIGER
JOHNSON WAR CRIMINAL
The first letter of the second word is partly hidden by a marcher; the Nationaal Archief title reads 'Oorlogsmisdadiger'. A second placard further back carries the same first line; other text in the frame is illegible.
