Het Vrije Volk

It was published in Amsterdam, beginning on 2 April 1900, by the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP).

In 1902, a contest was held to find an artist for the front-page cartoon in the weekly Sunday supplement.

A sister edition called Vooruit (Forward), was published in The Hague under the direction of Simon Carmiggelt.

After the German invasion in 1940, the paper's management vainly attempted to maintain some degree of independence.

However, on 20 July 1940, Meinoud Rost van Tonningen of the National Socialist Movement began to oversee their operations.