Nico de Haas was a Dutch communist and National-Socialist

National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands

The National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands was a Dutch fascist and later national socialist political party. As a parliamentary party participating in legislative elections, the NSB had some success during the 1930s...

 photographer, graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

er, and artist.

During the German occupation of the Netherlands

The Netherlands in World War II

The history of the Netherlands from 1939 to 1945 covers the events in the Netherlands that took place under the German occupation that started on May 10, 1940 with the Battle of the Netherlands. The Netherlands hoped to stay neutral when World War II broke out in 1939 but this failed to happen when...

, he was responsible for the design of the Dutch coins and paper money. He was also the chief editor of the weekly magazine of the Nederlandsche SS

Nederlandsche SS

The Nederlandsche SS was formed on September 11, 1940. On November 1, 1942 the name was changed to Germaansche SS in Nederland . The Nederlandsche SS in total counted circa 7,000 members and was primarily a political formation. In addition it served as a reservoir for the Waffen-SS...

, called Storm during two periods i.e. from April 1941 until December 1942 and from September 1944 until May 1945.

See also

• 1 cent WWII (Dutch coin)
  1 cent WWII (Dutch coin)
  The cent was the smallest unit of currency in the Netherlands, while under German occupation during World War II. It was worth 1/100 of a Dutch Guilder. The coin was made entirely of zinc and was designed by the Dutch national-socialist Nico de Haas....
  
  
• 10 cent WWII (Dutch coin)
  10 Cent WWII (Dutch coin)
  The Dutch 10 cent coin struck during the World War II German occupation was a unit of currency in the Netherlands.- Design :The obverse depicts:* The year of mintage* Value .* Mint mark of the Utrecht mint....
  
  
• 25 cent WWII (Dutch coin)
  25 Cent WWII (Dutch coin)
  The 25 cent coin struck during the World War II German occupation was the highest-denomination coin in the Netherlands during World War II.It was made entirely of zinc. The coin was designed by the Dutch national-socialist Nico de Haas and minted between 1941 and 1944....