Content note: Dutch collaborationist (NSB) propaganda film from the German occupation; the film as logged includes Hitler and Mussert giving the Nazi salute, corpses attributed to Bolsheviks and Waffen-SS recruitment. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Met Duitschland voor een vrij Nederland (NSB film end card)
End title card of a 1941 film by the Dutch National Socialist Movement's (NSB) film service, made during the German occupation: 'With Germany for a free Netherlands'. The slogan pairs 'free' with alliance to the occupying power. Beeld en Geluid's shot log lists images arranged as a case against Britain and the pre-war order and for the German side.
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Filmdienst der NSB (Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland film service)
- Country
- Netherlands
- Medium
- Film stills
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Arthur Seyss Inquart
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Glittering generalitiesCard stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Open Beelden (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid), item 1129897, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0 on the Open Beelden item page)
Filmdienst der NSB (producer) / Profilti (producer); Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (custodian), via Open Beelden. Page rights statement: 'Public Domain Mark. Je mag het werk zonder toestemming kopiëren, veranderen, verspreiden en uitvoeren, zelfs voor commerciële doeleinden.'
Text on the object
Met Duitschland voor een VRIJ NEDERLAND!
With Germany for a free Netherlands!
Title card of the film; the Open Beelden shot log gives the same title. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader.
