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245 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. v (1946)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0245 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD IN this volume there is told something of the history of a small and peaceful nation during its five years of life under enemy rule. The brief prelude of disor- ganized military resistance-five days in all-which introduced the long period of enemy occupation is barely mentioned by the authors. They write, indeed, of war, but of another kind-a war waged by hunted and hungry people, armed with a brave determination to retain their self-respect and some semblance of their traditional freedoms. Therefore, it is hardly strange to find in all of the articles here assembled, the recurrence of the theme of the underground battle against the .conquerors. Many persons have co-operated in making this number of THE ANNALS pos- sible. The assistance of Dr. N. A. C. Slotemaker de Bruine, director of the Neth- erlands Information Bureau in New York City, made it possible for us to secure the help of the distinguished historian Professor N. W. Posthumus in assembling the articles. Professor Posthumus is professor of economic history at the Univer- sity of Amsterdam. He has held this post since 1922-except for a period be- tween March 1942 and May 7, 1945 when he was not allowed to retain it because of his obstinate attitude. Prior to 1922, he was professor of economic history at the Rotterdam School of Economics. In 1914 he established the Netherlands Archives of Economic History at The Hague, with a branch library at Amsterdam. In 1934 he founded the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, with branches in Paris and Oxford. During the occupation period he laid the groundwork for a State War Documentation Institute. He also served as the vice- chairman of the government committee for the discovery of war criminals. His proposal for the establishment of a faculty of political and social science at the University of Amsterdam is under consideration. Professor Posthumus is presi- dent of the Netherlands Historical Institute and secretary of the Royal Nether- lands Academy of Sciences. Among his published works are: a History of the Leiden Cloth Industry (Vols. 1, 2-3; 1908-39) and a History of Prices in Holland (Vol. 1, 1943). We are happy to express to Professor Posthumus and all his collaborators our gratitude for their labors. Some of the articles have been translated by Mrs. Margaret Mathews Hordijk, Mrs. Martha Elisabeth Koessler, Miss Jo Mayo, Mr. Theodore Bodde, and Professor Jacob Van der Zee. All the articles were written late in 1945, and represent the first survey of the occupation period prepared in the liberated country. All of them have been writ- ten by Netherlanders, living in the Netherlands, who have firsthand knowledge of their subjects. We are glad to publish this volume. It is a case history of enemy occupation but it is also a small tribute to a people who, although their physical defenses were crushed, held firm behind the barricades of the mind. THORSTEN SELLIN v

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