---
title: '"NATO soldaten tegen kernwapens": banner at the Volkel air base demonstration'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nato-soldaten-tegen-kernwapens-banner-volkel-1982/
description: Marchers on a road carry a wide white banner lettered in grey capitals, 'NATO SOLDATEN TEGEN KERNWAPENS' (NATO soldiers against nuclear weapons).
section: Collection
---

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# "NATO soldaten tegen kernwapens": banner at the Volkel air base demonstration

Marchers on a road carry a wide white banner lettered in grey capitals, 'NATO SOLDATEN TEGEN KERNWAPENS' (NATO soldiers against nuclear weapons). Men in military-style uniform hold its left and right ends. The banner puts the position in the mouths of the people who would serve under the weapons, so the claim rests on who is speaking rather than on a stated reason.

## Text on the object

Original (Dutch) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NATO SOLDATEN
TEGEN KERN[W]APENS
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
NATO SOLDIERS
AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS
```

Read from the committed image and a magnified crop. A marcher's head covers the W of KERNWAPENS; the Anefo description confirms 'kernwapens'.

[← "Zomomotywa": anonymous typed satire poem on ZOMO and the party leadership](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/zomomotywa-opposition-satire-poem-1982/) ["Na atoomreagan geen zonneschijn": banner at a Dutch anti-nuclear demonstration →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/na-atoomreagan-banner-1982/)

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