Piet Broos en Cor Meijer - Avontuur van Keesje Holland en Jaap de Geus - 1944

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Keesje Holland
Beautiful story with lovely illustrations about a boy whose step is taken by a soldier (Edel German) from 'the invincible Germanic army' during their departure from Holland.
Keesje goes on an adventure and ends up in El Alamein via airplane and submarine.
He travels through the desert, encounters a German officer disguised as a lion, then accidentally sinks a German ship while on the ship 'Ajax', reaches London, and is flown back to Holland, where Keesje lands in front of his parents' house by parachute.

Illustrations in red, yellow, and blue, with many funny details.

Jaap de Geus
Every page features a black-and-white illustration. Published during wartime. No publisher, author, or illustrator is mentioned (which makes sense given the illegal nature of the publication in the eyes of the occupier). In the last autumn of the occupation, he wrote this story and managed to acquire a clandestine batch of paper. Paper was scarce, rationed, and you had to have damn good reasons to get some. Writing a boys' book in which a mischievous boy outsmarts the Green Police was certainly not a reason to persuade the occupier for a batch of paper in September 1944. On the contrary, you could get shot. That’s why the printer and illustrator also did not mention their names. Was it an act of resistance? No, because in those harsh times, there was only one thing Cor cared about: making some money.