Underground media in the German-occupied Netherlands

The Dutch underground press was part of the resistance to the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, paralleling the emergence of underground media across German-occupied Europe.

After the occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, the Germans quickly took control over the existing Dutch press and enforced censorship and publication of Nazi propaganda.

In response, independent Dutch citizens organized uncensored publishing of their own illegal papers.

Some of modern-day Netherlands press and magazine originate from this period, including: A collection is maintained in the British Library in London and by the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam.

This World War II article is a stub.