Content note: Antisemitic NSB front page (1941) blaming Jews collectively for a stormtrooper's death, with a photograph of the dead man's body. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Volk en Vaderland, front page, 21 February 1941: "Joden - misdaad. Weerman Koot vermoord"
Front page of the NSB weekly under a banner headline blaming 'Jews' for the death of WA man Hendrik Koot, with a funeral photograph, a portrait and a photo of the body. Tells: 'Juda' and 'a nomadic people that is not of our blood' stand for a whole group, and the lede assigns the killing to Jews as a class, with 'Oriental slaughter' said to be 'reserved to the Jews'.
- Date
- February 21, 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland (NSB), weekly Volk en Vaderland (published by Nederlandsche Nationaal Socialistische Uitgeverij, NENASU, Leiden; editorial office Utrecht)
- Country
- Netherlands
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Arthur Seyss Inquart
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- ScapegoatingName-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (scan from Delpher, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, urn ddd:011190025:mpeg21:p001), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons PD-anon-70-EU: anonymous 1941 newspaper page; scan from Delpher)
Volk en Vaderland, 21 February 1941; scan from Delpher (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
VRIJDAG 21 FEBRUARI 1941 / 9e JAARGANG No. 8 VOLK EN VADERLAND NATIONAAL-SOCIALISTISCH WEEKBLAD REDACTIE-ADRES: MALIEBAAN 35 - UTRECHT - TELEF. 16543 UITGAVE: NENASU - POSTBUS 2 - LEIDEN - TELEFOON 21545 - 21546 JODEN - MISDAAD WEERMAN KOOT VERMOORD Indrukwekkende begrafenis te Amsterdam Na het „Peter Ton”-vendel het vendel „Hendrik Koot” Juda heeft het masker afgeworpen! Oneindig laaghartig, lijnrecht in strijd met normen en begrippen die den politieken strijd - hoe fel en genadeloos dan ook - tusschen Germaansche menschen kenmerkt, is een aantal weermannen door een groote overmacht min of meer zwaar gewond, van wie wachtmeester Hendrik Evert Koot is vermoord. Vermoord? Neen, vertrapt met sadistischen wellust! Vermorzeld onder de lompe pooten van een nomadenvolk, - dat niet van ons bloed is. Wij danken den Hemel, dat het geen zoon was van ons volk, dat, hoe ook opgehitst tegen de N.S.B., hoe ook losgeslagen van eigen ankers, dezen moord op zijn geweten heeft. Deze methode van Oostersche afslachting is slechts - zooals Kreisleiter Paustian terecht opmerkte - den Joden voorbehouden. [photo caption] Foto boven: onze vermoorde kameraad Koot, zoals wij hem hebben gekend. Rechts: wat de Joden van hem maakten. HET OFFER [remaining columns, captions and the continuation line „(Slot op pag. 2)” not transcribed]
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 1941 / 9th YEAR No. 8 PEOPLE AND FATHERLAND NATIONAL-SOCIALIST WEEKLY EDITORIAL ADDRESS: MALIEBAAN 35 - UTRECHT - TEL. 16543 PUBLISHED BY: NENASU - P.O. BOX 2 - LEIDEN - TELEPHONE 21545 - 21546 JEWS - CRIME STORMTROOPER KOOT MURDERED Impressive funeral in Amsterdam After the 'Peter Ton' standard, the 'Hendrik Koot' standard Juda has thrown off the mask! Infinitely base, directly contrary to the norms and notions that mark the political struggle between Germanic people, however fierce and merciless, a number of stormtroopers were more or less seriously wounded by a great superior force, of whom sergeant Hendrik Evert Koot was murdered. Murdered? No, trampled with sadistic lust! Crushed beneath the clumsy paws of a nomadic people that is not of our blood. We thank Heaven that it was no son of our people, however incited against the N.S.B., however cut loose from his own moorings, who has this murder on his conscience. This method of Oriental butchery is reserved only - as Kreisleiter Paustian rightly remarked - to the Jews. [photo caption] Photo above: our murdered comrade Koot, as we knew him. Right: what the Jews made of him. THE SACRIFICE [remaining columns, captions and the continuation line '(Continued on p. 2)' not transcribed]
Read from the committed 1280 px image; headline, standfirst and the lede are clear. Photo caption words partly small; read as given. 'Weerman' is rendered 'stormtrooper' for the WA (Weerbaarheidsafdeeling) member. Dutch read by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
