Enforcement in Wartime: The Hague’s Cleanliness Poster

A Month Before Liberation

A poster appeared in The Hague ordering residents to keep the street in front of their homes clean. Violators could face hefty fines—or worse...

44 x 56 cm.

This poster likely hung in a window. Someone tore it off at the time. Often, such posters were taped to corners with brown gummed paper tape.