Hand-printed in six colours and suffering from its age, this relatively unknown World War II poster is rare and obscure. It was published in New York in 1942 by the Netherlands Information Bureau, a consortium of escaped Dutch government officials working with Dutch Americans to draw attention to the plight of the people suffering in the occupied Netherlands. As Rotterdam burns in the background, and refugees flee in silhouette, the wounded soldier in the foreground fights on. The words, “No Surrender,” were spoken by exiled Queen Wilhelmina in her address to the U.S. Congress on 6 August, 1942.
Consoli Collection Catalogue No. V1-N1-01