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title: Groot Ruimte-Economie (VNV lecture poster, Ostend)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vnv-groot-ruimte-economie-oostende-1942/
description: A text poster with a red triangle-in-circle emblem above the initials V.N.V. announces a public lecture on 'Groot Ruimte-Economie' (large-area economy)…
section: Collection
---

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# Groot Ruimte-Economie (VNV lecture poster, Ostend)

A text poster with a red triangle-in-circle emblem above the initials V.N.V. announces a public lecture on 'Groot Ruimte-Economie' (large-area economy) by 'Dr Karel Engelbeen', whose ministerial post is printed under his name. The tells: the speaker's official title is the only credential offered for the topic, and the talk is framed by a string quartet playing Haydn and Beethoven, lending cultural prestige to a political lecture.

- **Date:** November 22, 1942
- **Period:** [Second World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwii)
- **Made by:** Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (VNV), Afdeeling Oostende (Ostend branch); printed by E. Timmerman, Ostend
- **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe)
- **Country:** [Belgium](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=belgium)
- **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster)
- **Issuer type:** [Party](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=party)
- **Regime:** [German Occupation of Belgium](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=german-occupation-of-belgium)
- **Leader:** [Alexander von Falkenhausen](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=alexander-von-falkenhausen)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Persuade or win support](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=persuade-support)
- **Themes:** [Economy and finance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=economy-finance), [Elections and party politics](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=elections-party-politics)
- **Event:** [World War II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-ii)
- **Techniques:** [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Wikimedia Commons (Stadsarchief Oostende, objectnummer AF/G3532)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groot_ruimte-economie.jpg), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (anonymous 1942 Belgian work; Commons tag PD-anon-70-EU) Unknown author; Stadsarchief Oostende, via Wikimedia Commons.

## Text on the object

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

```
V. N. V.
AFDEELING OOSTENDE

ZONDAG 22 NOVEMBER 1942
te 15 uur
"CASINO - IMPERIAL" V. Iseghem[l.]

Dr KAREL ENGELBEEN
Directeur-Generaal bij 't Ministerie van Economische Zaken
spreekt over
GROOT RUIMTE-ECONOMIE

Deze spreekbeurt wordt omlijst door het
"Oostendsch Strijkkwartet"
dat uitvoert :
Het Keizerkwartet van J. HAYDN;
Het Derde Kwartet van L. VAN BEETHOVEN.

ALGEMEENE TOEGANG : 5 FRANK

Drukk. E. TIMMERMAN, Christinastr. 58, Oostende. - 2555.
```

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

```
V. N. V.
OSTEND BRANCH

SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 1942
at 3 pm
"CASINO - IMPERIAL" V. Iseghem[laan]

Dr KAREL ENGELBEEN
Director-General at the Ministry of Economic Affairs
speaks on
LARGE-AREA ECONOMY

This lecture will be framed by the
"Ostend String Quartet"
which will perform:
The Emperor Quartet by J. HAYDN;
The Third Quartet by L. VAN BEETHOVEN.

GENERAL ADMISSION: 5 FRANCS

Printed by E. TIMMERMAN, Christinastr. 58, Ostend. - 2555.
```

The street abbreviation after 'V. Iseghem' is badly inked and is read here as 'V. Iseghem[l.]' (probably Van Iseghemlaan, where the Casino-Imperial stood). A green 0.20-franc fiscal stamp is affixed over the quartet line and is not part of the text. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader.

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