1940 London Jonkheer de Geer *Netherlands Nazi Invasion

1940 London Jonkheer de Geer *Netherlands Nazi Invasion

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14th may 1940
London

The Dutch Prime Minister, Jonkheer de Geer few days after his arrival in London with members of his Cabinet. Photo Shows The Dutch Prime Minister (centre) with the Minister for Social Affairs (left) and Mr. Welter (the Minister for Colonies), out walking in London.

 

During those days in London, De Geer advocated negotiating a separate peace between the Netherlands and the Third Reich. He damaged the Dutch government and the Dutch morale by openly stating that the war could never be won. He was finally removed from office on the instigation of the iron-willed Queen Wilhelmina, and replaced by Gerbrandy.



Immagine d'epoca del Primo Ministro Olandese Jonkheer de Geer (al centro) con alcuni membri del suo Governo (a destra Mr Welter, Ministrio delle Colonie). Come noto de Geer volò a Londra all'indomani dell'invasione tedesca dei Paesi Bassi (10 maggio 1940) per cercare di negoziare una pace da altri giudicata disonorevole e immorale. Per questo motivo venne rimosso dal suo incarico e cadde in disgrazia.

E' presente una nota dattiloscritta al verso e il timbro originale "Passed by Censor".

 In buone condizioni

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Note: was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer, conservative statesman and prime minister of the Netherlands (19261929, 19391940). He was disgraced for advocating a peace settlement between the Kingdom and Nazi Germany in 1940.
Born in Groningen, he was a descendant of the de Geer family painted by Rembrandt. After receiving his doctorate in law in 1895, De Geer worked as a journalist and acted as town councillor of Rotterdam (19011907). He served as a Christian Historical member of Parliament.
De Geer was a stable and respected politician before the war. After the end of the fifth cabinet of Colijn he was asked to form a government. However, he was not suited for the role of prime minister of a nation at war as he knew himself. When the Germans attacked the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, the situation soon became very serious. Because of this the government decided to flee to London.
When in London, De Geer advocated negotiating a separate peace between the Netherlands and the Third Reich. He damaged the Dutch government and the Dutch morale by openly stating that the war could never be won. He was finally removed from office on the instigation of the iron-willed Queen Wilhelmina, and replaced by Gerbrandy.
Later on, he was sent with a diplomatic package to the Dutch East Indies, present day Indonesia. He never arrived there: on a stop-over in Portugal he left, and returned to his family in the Netherlands with the permission of the Germans. This greatly angered Queen Wilhelmina, who called him a traitor and deserter to the Dutch cause. He later wrote a controversial leaflet with "instructions" for the people on how to cooperate with the Germans. Wilhelmina warned him that if he went on to publish this, he would be put on trial after the liberation.
Nonetheless, he went through with the publication; after the war he was duly accused and brought to trial. He was found guilty and stripped of all of his honorary titles. He died some 15 years later in Soest, embittered and still believing in his innocence.

 

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14th may 1940
London

The Dutch Prime Minister, Jonkheer de Geer few days after his arrival in London with members of his Cabinet. Photo Shows The Dutch Prime Minister (centre) with the Minister for Social Affairs (left) and Mr. Welter (the Minister for Colonies), out walking in London.

 

During those days in London, De Geer advocated negotiating a separate peace between the Netherlands and the Third Reich. He damaged the Dutch government and the Dutch morale by openly stating that the war could never be won. He was finally removed from office on the instigation of the iron-willed Queen Wilhelmina, and replaced by Gerbrandy.



Immagine d'epoca del Primo Ministro Olandese Jonkheer de Geer (al centro) con alcuni membri del suo Governo (a destra Mr Welter, Ministrio delle Colonie). Come noto de Geer volò a Londra all'indomani dell'invasione tedesca dei Paesi Bassi (10 maggio 1940) per cercare di negoziare una pace da altri giudicata disonorevole e immorale. Per questo motivo venne rimosso dal suo incarico e cadde in disgrazia.

E' presente una nota dattiloscritta al verso e il timbro originale "Passed by Censor".

 In buone condizioni

--------------------

Note: was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer, conservative statesman and prime minister of the Netherlands (19261929, 19391940). He was disgraced for advocating a peace settlement between the Kingdom and Nazi Germany in 1940.
Born in Groningen, he was a descendant of the de Geer family painted by Rembrandt. After receiving his doctorate in law in 1895, De Geer worked as a journalist and acted as town councillor of Rotterdam (19011907). He served as a Christian Historical member of Parliament.
De Geer was a stable and respected politician before the war. After the end of the fifth cabinet of Colijn he was asked to form a government. However, he was not suited for the role of prime minister of a nation at war as he knew himself. When the Germans attacked the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, the situation soon became very serious. Because of this the government decided to flee to London.
When in London, De Geer advocated negotiating a separate peace between the Netherlands and the Third Reich. He damaged the Dutch government and the Dutch morale by openly stating that the war could never be won. He was finally removed from office on the instigation of the iron-willed Queen Wilhelmina, and replaced by Gerbrandy.
Later on, he was sent with a diplomatic package to the Dutch East Indies, present day Indonesia. He never arrived there: on a stop-over in Portugal he left, and returned to his family in the Netherlands with the permission of the Germans. This greatly angered Queen Wilhelmina, who called him a traitor and deserter to the Dutch cause. He later wrote a controversial leaflet with "instructions" for the people on how to cooperate with the Germans. Wilhelmina warned him that if he went on to publish this, he would be put on trial after the liberation.
Nonetheless, he went through with the publication; after the war he was duly accused and brought to trial. He was found guilty and stripped of all of his honorary titles. He died some 15 years later in Soest, embittered and still believing in his innocence.