Ook zoo tevreden? Hij werkt in Duitschland (Just as satisfied? He works in Germany)
A blue silhouetted worker in an open collar, cap in hand and smiling, stands against orange factory chimneys under the headline 'Ook zoo tevreden?'; below, 'He works in Germany' and an instruction to enrol at the regional labour office. The tell: a smiling everyman and a question that presumes the viewer's neighbours are already content stand in for the terms of work.
- Date
- June 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Labour recruitment under the German Reichskommissariat Niederlande (publication licensed by the Rijkscommissariaat per print; designer not printed)
- Country
- Netherlands
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Arthur Seyss Inquart
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Themes
- Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Plain folksBandwagon
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Stadsarchief Deventer, 10_TLK31_1 : 1369 : 70002), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (anonymous Dutch-occupation work; Commons tag PD-anon-70-EU)
Unknown author; Stadsarchief Deventer, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
OOK ZOO TEVREDEN ? HIJ WERKT IN DUITSCHLAND MELDT U AAN BIJ HET GEWESTELIJKE ARBEIDSBUREAU [small print at lower left, partly legible:] PUBLICATIE TOEGESTAAN DOOR HET RIJKSCOMMISSARIAAT. 1 JUNI '42 TOT 1 JULI '42
JUST AS SATISFIED? HE WORKS IN GERMANY REPORT TO THE REGIONAL LABOUR OFFICE [small print at lower left, partly legible:] PUBLICATION PERMITTED BY THE REICH COMMISSARIAT. 1 JUNE '42 TO 1 JULY '42
The lower-left print is small and partly legible; the printer's line at lower right is illegible and omitted. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader.
