Germany. A Dutch Nsb 1944 Membership Card

Measuring 90x120mm, extremely fine with light scuffing. With some taping of the cover. The membership card (Lidmaatschapskaart) is issued to A. Maier-Perêe who registered on June 1, 1944, membership no. 201600. Membership stamps state that he paid fees for the months of April through September 1944. The front cover states: “Faith in God, love for people and fatherland, respect for labor“. The back cover states: “For the moral and physical well-being of a people there is a need for a strong state administration, self-respect of the nation, discipline, order, solidarity of all classes of the population, and the preceding of the general (national) interest above the group interest, and of the group interest above the personal interest.”

Footnote: The NSB was the Dutch equivalent of the German NSDAP, the national socialist party. NSB stands for Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland, National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1931. During the German occupation of the Netherlands the NSB remained the only legal party. (C:166)