"Better a Dead Man Under the House... Than a Living Man Under the Swastika" – Three Dutch Songs Anticipating the ...

"Better a Dead Man Under the House... Than a Living Man Under the Swastika" – Three Dutch Songs Anticipating the Liberation of the Netherlands. March, 1945 – Rare Publication

TREEDT AAN! Drie strijdliederen uit het oorlogsjaar 1945 – "Stand in Line! Three Battle Songs from the War Year 1945" – Three Songs and Musical Notes - A Rare Patriotic Publication Encouraging the Dutch Spirit in Anticipation of the Liberation of the Netherlands – Published by VRIJ DERLAND. Netherlands, March 1945. Anonymous Publication. Extremely Rare.

"A vigorous melody and an enthusiastic, masculine song express the combativeness of a people and provide new impulses to the will to resist. This publication is a modest attempt. We hope that these melodies will soon be sung and whistled in the streets, recognized and adopted by others. Perhaps here and there, they will encourage a weary soul to persevere. Naturally, the names of poets and composers cannot be mentioned...". A rare publication from the final months of World War II – patriotic songs for the liberation of the Netherlands. "Forward, Homeland!", "To Arms" – "Now there is only one choice, to live or to die... On the frozen, starving yet stubborn Dutch soil... Holland fights... People rise, freedom is near..." A Song for the Partisan – "Partisan, the time has come, the enemy flees, come out of your foolish hiding places... Better a dead man under the last house than a living man under the Swastika... Partisan! The world is waiting, freedom is on the horizon, the final attack is complete...".

Extremely rare. Only one copy is recorded in the WorldCat global library catalog, listed in a library in Amsterdam.

[8] pp. Very good condition.