Radio Documents
Below you will find several documents related to the use of the radio. The first two documents are receipts for the declaration of radio devices. The radio regulation of 1930 - article 66 required radio owners to declare their radios. This law would later make it easy for the Germans to identify those who owned a radio during the war and ensure that they were all handed over. Only with an undeclared radio could one listen to the radio during wartime, unless the holder retained permission. Generally, these were people who worked for the Germans.
The other document is actually a German certificate of radio surrender. Starting from May 13, 1943, radio holders were required to turn in their radio devices. It was the means for the Germans to prevent Dutch people from listening to Radio Oranje or the BBC. Of course, many individuals still listened with a second radio or one that they assembled themselves.
