Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: CHRISTOPH, Henning
Event Date: 1981-06-28
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004358

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed label: 7628//24…Diksmuide, BELGIUM//June 28, 1981…Each / June Flemish nationalists made a pilgrimage to Diksmuide / in Flanders to commemorate the Flemish soldiers who fell / in World War I. Fiery rhetoric aimed at the hated Walloons, / the Flemings’ adversaries in language-torn Belgium, has / always been as much a part of the event as the call for / peace among nations In recent years the pilgrimage has / become a focus for the international Neo-Nazi movement. / In this photo members of the Vlaamese Militante / Orde (VMO), a paramilitary Flemish organization,openly / sell VMO stickers near the WWI memorial in Diksmuide; stamped: [copyright] / HENNING CHRISTOPH / Kortumstr. 61 / 4300 Essen 1 – Germany / (0201) 79 80 89 / Volksbank Essen 395 070 / Postcheckkonto Essen 1066 29-438; stamped label: [star shape] / Credit: [copyright] 1981 / HENNING CHRISTOPH / from BLACK STAR; handwritten: 7628//24

Tagasauris Keywords: 5 or more people; Belgium; Day; Demonstration; Face; Flemish Movement; Male; Nationalism; Order of Flemish Militants; Outdoors; Protest; Smile; Social group; Yelling
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / FLEMISH NATIONALIST DEMONSTRATION
Retouching: N