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Black and National Front

 
Time period: 1930 -1948
Number of interviews: 11
Accessibility: Reading room, one-time registration and login
Transcripts: Yes on paper
 

Black Front and National Front. In May 1934, Brabant Catholic journalist Arnold Meijer founded the fascist-oriented and clearly anti-Semitic movement Black Front. From the outset, the new organisation tried to outdo the NSB in radicalism. Black Front wanted to conquer power by the path of revolution. In April 1940, Arnold Meijer converted his movement into the law-abiding National Front for tactical reasons. During the occupation, the organisation grew to 12,000 members. In late 1941, the National Front had to be disbanded by order of the German occupier.

 

Some time before National Front was disbanded in December 1941, they stored a large part of the archive for security reasons. First in a vault, briefly in the ground and then Arnold Meijer’s home. After the death of Arnold Meijer, the archives came under the management and ownership of Mr J.Th. Stakenburg of Oisterwijk. At the end of 1970, Mr Stakenburg was prepared to transfer ownership of the entire archive to the State Archives in North Brabant. Special conditions were that the archives were not accessible until 1 January 1976, that undisclosed documents had to be lifted from the archives and kept secret until the year 2000, and that after 1 January 1976 the archives were only accessible for purely scientific research.

 

During the period of the preliminary inventories, numerous interviews were conducted to get more background information on the period 1930 – 1948. Some people interviewed had been members of Black and/or National Front, others had been opponents, and still others had been in the resistance or had had relationships with the person of Arnold Meijer. 

 

11 Interviews

  1. Text of the interview with Ch.H.D.M.J. Russel, former notary public, living in Maastricht. Recorded by J. Vriens and Drs H.M. Brokken in Maastricht on 16 November 1971.
    N.B. See tapes 1 and 2 of the sound archive. 
  2. Text of the interview with Louis Knuvelder, journalist and publicist, living in Amsterdam. Recorded by J. Vriens and Drs H.M. Brokken in Amsterdam on 14 December 1971. N.B. See tapes 2 and 3 of the sound archive. 
  3. Text of the interview with Prof. Dr R.G.E. van Roosbroeck, publicist, living in Oosterhout (N.-Br). Recorded by J. Vriens and drs G.J.W. Steijns in Oosterhout on 21 June 1972. N.B. See tapes 3 and 4 of the sound archive.
  4. Text of the interview with B.J.W. Arts, town clerk of Ravenstein, living in Herpen. Recorded by J. Vriens and Drs G.J.W. Steijns in Herpen on 22 June 1972.
    N.B. See tapes 5 and 6 of the sound archive. 
  5. Text of the interview with P.P.M. Denis, living in Breda. Recorded by J. Vriens and A.M.C. Zom in Breda on 28 June 1972. N.B. See tapes 6 and 7 of the sound archive. The books donated by Mr Denis are included in Arnold Meijer’s library. 
  6. Text of interviews with J.A. Baars, living in Blarieum. Afgenorrlen by J. Vriens, drs G.J.W. Steijns and drs H.M. Brokken on 9 August and 19 September 1972.
    N.B. See tapes 7, 8, 12, 13 and 18 of the sound archive. See the inventory of the Baars collection.
  7. Text of interview with Staf Vermeire, publicist, living in Neeroeteren (Belgium). Recorded by J. Vriens and Drs G.J.W. Steijns in Neeroeteren on 8 September 1972.
    N.B. See tapes 8 and 9 of the sound archive.
    See: ‘Catalogue of the library of the Vermeire collection’, by Alma Loupias. Published by the State Archives in North Brabant, 1976.
  8. Text of the interview with Wies Moens, author, living in Neerbeek.( Beek L.) Conducted by J. Vriens and Dr L.P.L. Pirenne, State Archivist in North Brabant, in Neerbeek on 13 September 1972. N.B. See tapes 9 and 10 of the sound archive.
  9. Text of interviews with mr H.B.S. Holla, lawyer and procurator in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, living in Vught. Conducted by J. Vriens and C.A.J.M. Snijders in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on 29 November and 6 December 1972.
    N.B. See tapes 13 and 14 of the sound archive. 
  10. Text of interview with Arthur de Bruyne, author and journalist, living in Mortsel (Belgium). Recorded by J. Vriens and mr C.A.J.M. Snijders in Mortsel on 13 February 1973. N.B. See tapes 15 and 16 of the sound archive.
  11. Text of the interviews with H. Pétillon, living in The Hague. Recorded by J. Vriens and mr C.A.J.M. Snijders in The Hague on 6 September and 4 October 1973.
    N.B. See tapes 16 and 17 of the sound archive.