De stem der lage landen, nr. 1, 2 mei 1945 Possibly 1945

This is a newsletter called 'The Voice of the Lowlands, No. 1,' printed on May 2nd, 1945, by Ed Hoornik and others. Imagine the urgency, the raw need to communicate, to speak out after being silenced. It’s typed, not typeset, giving it an immediate, almost desperate feel. The words are dense, packed together like people seeking shelter, printed in a place of internment. I wonder what it was like to set the margins, choose the font, the layout. The people who made this must have been thinking about how to create a sense of community and hope through the act of sharing information. The texture of the paper is a connection to the world outside and a testament to the human spirit's resilience. You have to admire their determination to create something meaningful under such circumstances. We are all always in conversation with those who came before us, speaking through art and action.