Curt Bloch (1908–1975), a lawyer from Dortmund, emigrated to the Netherlands in 1933 and went into hiding in Enschede in 1942. While in hiding, he created the magazine Het Onderwater-Cabaret (The Underwater Cabaret), for which he was the author, editor, and graphic artist. Between August 1943 and April 1945, he produced ninety-five handwritten issues as small-format booklets, approx. 13.5 x 10.5 cm in size.
This special edition of the JMB Journal is published on the occasion of the exhibition "My verses are like dynamite" Curt Bloch's Het Onderwater Cabaret in February 2024.