Olympiad Under Dictatorship") both to showcase the artists of the Netherlands and to protest the policies of the Third Reich. Organizers of the exhibition included Fles' friend and correspondent Henri Polak, as well as other left-leaning Dutch leaders. The committee made it clear that their exhibition was as much about protesting the Nazis' manipulation of the arts and sciences for political purposes as it was about showcasing Dutch excellence. Artists from neighboring countries and even German artists who had fled the Nazi regime were invited to participate. The initials of the name itself spell out D.O.O.D, or "death" in Dutch. The travelling exhibition opened on 1 August 1936 amid much controversy. In Amsterdam, the use of public buildings was prohibited, and in Rotterdam, the show was closed down after only a few days. Nineteen works were considered by the Dutch government to be too insulting to Hitler and were removed from display. The German consul himself characterized the event as "sheer provocation", showing that the committee's efforts had not escaped official German notice. Many of the organizers and participants went to prison or were executed after German forces occupied the Netherlands in 1940. In 1996, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the D.O.O.D., the Amsterdam Municipal Archives allowed a number of the works from the original exhibition to be displayed at the Sports Museum in Berlin, Germany. Published works Is in de moderne boekhouding plaats voor het copieboek? (Can copybooks serve a function in modern accounting?) (1918) Efficiency (1922) Kalenderhervorming, sabbath en kerk (Calendar Reform, Sabbath and Church) (1930) Mijn antwoord aan opperrabbijn I. Maarssen (My Answer to Chief Rabbi I. Maarssen) (1930) De schuldbekentenis van de SDAP (The Confession of the SDAP) (1930) Water en vuur (Water and Fire) (1931) Onderwijs zonder godsdienst (Education without Religion) (1932) Open brief aan den heer J.F. Ankersmit te Amsterdam (Open Letter to Mr. J.F. Ankersmit Amsterdam) (1932) Hitler, hervormer of misdadiger? (Hitler, Reformer or Criminal?) (1933) Een verboden radiorede: Los van de kerk (A Forbidden Radio Speech: Free from the Church) (1933) Godsdienst, openbare school en zionisme (Religion, Public School and Zionism) (1935) Weg met het zionisme! (Down with Zionism!) (1939) References 1872 births 1940 suicides Jewish anti-fascists Dutch atheism activists Dutch businesspeople Dutch non-fiction writers Dutch Jews Dutch socialists Jewish atheists Jewish socialists Anti-Zionist Jews Writers from Amsterdam People from Maassluis Suicides by poison Drug-related suicides in the Netherlands Suicides