''De Waarheid'' (literally 'The Truth') was the newspaper of the

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. It originated in 1940 under the

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as a

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paper, the day after general H.G. Winkelman had forbidden publication of the earlier Communist ''Volksdagblad''. The party decided on May 15, 1940, to continue the ''Volksdagblad'' illegally under the name ''De Waarheid''. The first months were spent setting up a nationwide network of 'handout points' ('stencilposten'), the main articles would be written centrally, whereas the different 'handout points' added localized articles. These local versions sometimes were published under different names as 'De vonk' ('The spark') and 'Het noorderlicht' ('The northern light'). In the last decades it became a more independent left wing newspaper but circulation continued to drop and the paper was discontinued on 28 April 1990.Dutch Communist Daily Newspaper, ''De Waarheid'' 1945-1990
from MMF publications. Retrieved 14 April 2008.

Circulation figures

*1945 (September): 341.550 *1947: 150.000 *1948: 135.000 *1950: 113.000 *1955: 50.000 *1960: 29.000 *1966: 22.000 *1968: 21.200 *1970: 20.000 *1975: 22.000 *1980: 26.000 *1985: 12.000 *1988: 9.000

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from Historische Kranten website. Retrieved 14 April 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Waarheid, De 1940 establishments in the Netherlands 1990 disestablishments in the Netherlands Communist newspapers Defunct newspapers published in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Dutch resistance newspapers Newspapers established in 1940 Publications disestablished in 1990