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Meaning of "NSB"

posted 8 years ago by AZINDN
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Toward the beginning of the film, the neighbor is seen washing off the initials "NSB" painted on the windows of his business/office (?). What is the translation of NSB, and is this a Dutch or German abbreviation? Later this same neighbor is destroys a snowman a small girl makes who is living (hiding) in his home.

-- What would Joan say? --

[–] DeepFriedJello 8 years ago

I would like to know also.

[–] j-c-s-f-akkerman 8 years ago

Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging. (National-socialist movement) Basically the Dutch equivalent to the national-socialist party of Germany. They were a minor party before the war. During the occupation they were the only party that weren't banned by the Nazi's.
The collaborateur government was effectively run by the Nazi's through the NSB.