The Hiding Camera

The Ondergedoken Camera, formerly the Netherlands Archive, was a group of Dutch photographers who carried out resistance work during the Second World War by documenting the German occupation of the Netherlands. Both professional photographers and amateurs were part of the group. Because shooting was prohibited, the photographers worked under difficult conditions. The cameras were hidden in bags and jackets with a hole for the lens. That is why photographers often remained anonymous from each other and sometimes only knew each other by pseudonym.