German Soldiers in the De Lairessestraat, Cornelis Pieter Rudolf Holtzapffel, 1944
gelatin silver print,
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© erven Cornelis Pieter Rudolf Holtzapffel
This photograph of a razzia bleakly evokes the oppressive, continual threat of being arrested on the street. Holtzapffel took it clandestinely from behind a window because photography was prohibited in the final year of the war. The shot became an icon. One month after the Liberation a metre-size print was on view at the exhibition De Ondergedoken Camera (The Underground Camera) and the image was frequently published subsequently.
