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Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB)

The number of NSB members, by year, were as follows:

Month Year

NSB Members

January 1933

900

January 1934

21,000

January 1935

33,000

January 1936

52,000

January 1937

48,000

January 1938

39,000

January 1939

37,000

January 1940

32,000

October1941

91,000

March 1942

99,000

September 1943

101,000

NSB Membership 1933-1943

120,000

100,000

nazi germany 80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

0

1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943

While the NSB was consistently unpopular before the invasion of Holland, it became more popular afterward, perhaps as a means of going along to get along.

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