"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.
- Date
- April 12, 1982
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Participants in an anti-nuclear-weapons demonstration at Volkel air base (photographed by Hans van Dijk for Anefo); organiser not named in the record
- Country
- Netherlands
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Van Agt Government
- Leader
- Dries van Agt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Euromissile Crisis
- Techniques
- Testimonial
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Nationaal Archief (Fotocollectie Anefo), via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC0 1.0 (Nationaal Archief / Anefo release; Commons file page tagged CC0)
Anefo / Nationaal Archief, item 932-1014, photographer Hans van Dijk (CC0; no attribution required)
Text on the object
NATO SOLDATEN TEGEN KERN[W]APENS
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'.
