You can see it on the ground: there is – scattered throughout the bunker – a trail of pieces of wall. There are even puddles of water on the floor, it is so humid in the room. And that’s a shame, says Frits. “Yes, because look at all the stories that we can tell on the basis of the paintings. It is a unique collection of prints, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands agrees.”See, for example, this print of Churchill as Emperor Nero, who made all kinds of crazy decisions makes. Such a drawing was intended to keep the Germans spirited up. To make the Allies seem less strong in the minds of the soldiers.”
And Churchill’s nose is gone: volunteers Frits and Gerard try to save historical drawings ‘with lightning speed’
