1943 Belgium WW II Propaganda Poster Stamp Farewell In Antwerp Waffen SS

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1943

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1943 Belgium WW II Propaganda Poster Stamp Farewell In Antwerp, Grote Market, 11:30. On April 18, Our Volunteers Depart For The Eastern Front. They Avenge Antwerp’s 300 Little Victims. MNH. From A Poster Promoting The Departure Of Volunteers To The Eastern Front, Referring To Nazi Germany's Campaign During The War. And Referencing A Farewell Event At Antwerp's Grote Markt On April 18, During Which Volunteers Were Set To Depart For The Eastern Front. The Mention Of "Avenging Antwerp’s 300 Little Victims" Refers To The Tragic Bombing Of Mortsel, A Suburb Of Antwerp, On April 5, 1943. In This Allied Air Raid Targeting The Erla Aircraft Factory, Bombs Missed Their Intended Target And Struck Residential Areas, Resulting In 936 Fatalities, Including 209 Children. In The Aftermath, Nazi Propaganda Leveraged This Tragedy To Recruit Local Volunteers For The Eastern Front, Portraying The Campaign Against The Soviet Union As An Act Of Vengeance For The Innocent Lives Lost In Mortsel. The Vlaams Nationaal Verbond (VNV), A Flemish Nationalist Party Collaborating With The Nazis, Organized Rallies And Events To Encourage Enlistment. On July 20, 1941, VNV Leader Staf De Clercq Delivered A Speech At Antwerp's Sportpaleis, Urging Young Flemish Men To Join The Fight On The Eastern Front. The Departure Of These Volunteers Was Often Marked By Ceremonies In Prominent Public Spaces, Such As The Grote Markt, To Garner Support And Legitimize The Collaborationist Cause. These Events Were Part Of A Broader Strategy To Integrate Flemish Nationalist Aspirations With Nazi Objectives, Aiming To Recruit Flemish Men Into German Military Units Like The Waffen-SS. Chat GPT

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