08-12-1944, 2nd volume, no. 36, Page 11
08-12-1944, 2nd volume, no. 36, Page 12

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“Don’t Go Groping in the Dark …”

Don’t go groping in the dark …
Read the daily news in the leading newspaper for the Dutch people
The National Daily
Oude Gracht 172–176, Utrecht
The newspaper that deserves your preference!

Have you sometimes lost your way,
Then don’t be disgruntled
And do not go groping in the dark,
Subscribe soon

To the “Nationale Dagblad”,
That is a great newspaper
So subscribe
Along with “Volk en Vaderland”,

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About everything that is happening
It’s almost impossible to tell,
What this newspaper offers you.

It gives you directions and guidance
And much good news
And many joyful tidings
That you will read with a happy face.

For example: This war
Will continue only for a short time longer
And Germany will win it,
Despite what the whole world may think.

And that almost all here
Support the NSB
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Every subscriber.

And Mussert and Geelkerken,
They are two fine people,
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And Rost and van der Vegte
They both are also
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Post-Editing: Benno Groeneveld