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speech in the
Reichstag (August 4, 1914). Never perhaps, has any other statesman at the head of a great and civilized people (...) pronounced (...) a more terrible speech. Before the whole worldâbefore his country, this spokesman of the German Governmentânot of the Belgian!ânot of the French!âdeclared that, in invading Belgium we did wrong, but that necessity knows no law (...) I was aware, with this one categorical statement, we had forfeited, at a blow, the imponderabilia; that this unbelievably stupid oration would set the whole world against Germany. And on the very evening after he made it this Chancellor of the German Empire, in a talk with Sir Edward Goschen, the British Ambassador, referred to the international obligations on which Belgium relied for her neutrality as "un chiffon de papier", "a scrap of paper"...
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450:. In the first letter Bryce writes "There must be something fatally wrong with our so-called civilization for this Serian cause so frightful a calamity has descended on all Europe". In a subsequent letter Bryce writes "The one thing we have to comfort us in this war is that we are all absolutely convinced of the justice of the cause, and of our duty, once Belgium had been invaded, to take up the sword".
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488:, expressed concerns that haphazard stories, a few of which were proven as outright fabrications, would weaken the powerful imagery, and asked for a more structured approach. The German and American press questioned the veracity of many stories, and the fact that the British Press Bureau did not censor the stories put the British government in a delicate position. The
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Germans were responsible for the deaths of 23,700 Belgian civilians, (6,000 Belgians murdered, 17,700 died during expulsion, deportation, in prison or sentenced to death by court) and caused further non-fatalities of 10,400 permanent and 22,700 temporary victims, with 18,296 children becoming war
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described the German army as "one vast gang of Jack-the-Rippers", and described in graphic detail events such as a governess hanged naked and mutilated, the bayoneting of a small baby, or the "screams of dying women", raped and "horribly mutilated" by German soldiers, accusing them of mutilating the
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There is no doubt that our invasion of
Belgium, with violation it entailed of that country's sovereign neutrality, and of treaties we ourselves had signed, and the world had respected for a century, was an act of the gravest political significance. Bad was made worse than ever by Bethmans Hollweg's
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alike, showed less interest in the "endless inventory of stolen property and requisitioned goods" that constituted the bulk of the official
Belgian Reports. Instead, accounts of rape and bizarre mutilations flooded the British press. The intellectual discourse on the "scrap of paper" was then mixed
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British propaganda. Later, numerous scholars have examined the original documents and concluded that large-scale atrocities did occur, while acknowledging that other stories were fabrications. There is a debate between those who
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Keller's claims have led to an argument among historians which led to a conference being held in 2017. The conference was jointly organized by Sönke
Neitzel, Oliver Janz, and Peter Hoeres and focused on the German behaviour in Belgium during the opening stages of the First World War. During the
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America. As you probably know even the most skeptical declare themselves converted, just because it is signed by you!" Translated in ten languages by June, the report was the basis for much subsequent wartime propaganda and was used as a sourcebook for many other publications, ensuring that the
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Recent studies conducted by Ulrich Keller have put the reasoning of Horne and Kramer into question. Keller claims that the reason for the brutal German behavior in the first few months of the invasion was due to the existence of a substantial
Belgian partisan movement. He claims the organized
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Belgian role in 1914 and the key question how widespread the irregular resistance had been. The evidence provided by Keller hints at a more than merely sporadic resistance by irregular Belgian fighters.
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Belgium" poster depicting the silhouette of a young Belgian girl being dragged by a German soldier on the background of a burning village; historian Kimberly Jensen interprets this imagery as "They are alone in the night, and rape seems imminent. The poster
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resistance was led by the Garde Civique. As evidence he provides German medical records which show a substantial number of German soldiers wounded by shotguns which were neither in use by the Germans nor by French nor Belgian rearguard units as well as records by the Belgian government.
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believe the German army acted primarily out of paranoia, in retaliation for real or believed incidents involving resistance actions by Belgian civilians, and those (including Lipkes) who emphasize additional causes, suggesting an association with German actions in the Nazi era.
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upon hearing about it, declared that "Never did we arm our people and ask them to give up their lives for a less good cause than this". British army recruiters reported problems in explaining the origins of the war in legalistic terms.
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We have to recognize the injustices that were committed, and ask forgiveness. That is what I am doing with a deep conviction today. I apologise to you all for the injustice the Germans committed in this
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required that German armed forces advance through Belgium (thus violating its neutrality) in order to outflank the French Army, concentrated in eastern France. The German Chancellor,
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a Belgian despatch-rider saw the body of a woman pinned to the door of a house by a sword driven through her chest. The body was naked and the breasts had been cut off."
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by Serbian nationalists to the morally unambiguous question of the invasion of neutral Belgium". In support of her thesis, she quotes from two letters of
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demonstrates that leaders drew on the American public's knowledge of and assumptions about the use of rape in the German invasion of Belgium."
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incidents between groups of German soldiers during the confusion.)
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1444:German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial
1279:. University of Illinois Press. p. 30.
982:German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial
727:John Horne (Dublin) and Alan Kramer (Dublin)
690:'friendly fire' incidents arising from panic
282:
1699:. Vol. 3 vols. New York: Enigma Books.
1202:Political and Americana Memorabilia Auction
1141:
1038:Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage
655:German Atrocities 1914: A History of Denial
444:murder of an Austrian archduke and his wife
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1496:. Paderborn 2017, ISBN 978-3-506-78744-6.
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478:Part of the press, such as the editor of
3416:Revolutions and interventions in Hungary
1204:, Heritage Auctions, Inc, 2005. p. 317.
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3793:Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
2095:. New York: New York University Press.
980:John N. Horne & Alan Kramer (2001)
846:
4344:World War I crimes by Imperial Germany
1783:
3746:Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia
3082:Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
1880:Horne, John N.; Kramer, Alan (2001).
1619:L'EntrĂ©e dans le XX SiĂšcle, 1905â1918
1533:"Germany Apologizes for WWI Massacre"
1254:. V&R unipress GmbH. p. 64.
1226:. V&R unipress GmbH. p. 65.
1177:. V&R unipress GmbH. p. 68.
807:(1904â1907) â an earlier atrocity in
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856:
4079:Ottomans against the Triple Entente
2873:Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
2024:Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim (2014) .
1016:Oxford University Press, pp. 1â24.
519:, wrote to Bryce: "Your report has
215:was a member). However, the German
2812:First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
1457:Horne, John; Kramer, Alan (2001).
1442:Horne, John; Kramer, Alan (2001).
1382:Zuckerman, Larry (February 2004).
555:Canadian soldier who was crucified
61:"The execution of the notables of
25:
3175:Second Battle of the Piave River
2797:Russian invasion of East Prussia
595:Commission for Relief in Belgium
4246:Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo
3446:Lithuanian Wars of Independence
2045:Journal of Contemporary History
1942:Journal of Contemporary History
1706:The Roots of Counter-Insurgency
1065:Rapports et Documents d'EnquĂȘte
962:The Roots of Counter-Insurgency
207:, which had been signed by the
4359:Massacres committed by Germany
4069:Austria-Hungary against Serbia
3928:Deportations from East Prussia
3725:1915 typhus epidemic in Serbia
1574:Osborn, Andrew (11 May 2001).
1535:. Associated Press. 6 May 2001
1324:"Food and nutrition (Belgium)"
1212:, Poster is by Ellsworth Young
657:by John Horne and Alan Kramer.
515:, the director of the British
395:An industrial bakery near the
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3980:Ukrainian Canadian internment
824:Manifesto of the Ninety-Three
724:Ulrich Keller (Santa Barbara)
335:Catholic University of Leuven
221:Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
4135:SazonovâPalĂ©ologue Agreement
3434:Estonian War of Independence
3102:Southern Palestine offensive
1925:10.1080/03071847.2014.946698
1645:The Low Countries, 1780â1940
1513:(in German). 27 October 2017
1063:Commission d'Enquete (1922)
960:Beckett, I.F.W. (ed., 1988)
613:A relic of the Great War in
537:The German Terror in Belgium
399:used to feed the German Army
95:â 23 November 1918
4089:USA against Austria-Hungary
3488:Turkish War of Independence
3440:Latvian War of Independence
3165:Treaty of Bucharest of 1918
2756:Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo
2004:Scheipers, Sibylle (2015).
1989:. Leuven University Press.
1910:. Cornell University Press.
1708:. London: Blandford Press.
1356:. Cornell UP. p. 157.
964:, Blandford Press, London.
830:Kamerun campaign atrocities
805:Herero and Namaqua genocide
367:, deliberately burning the
188:, by German troops against
176:was a series of systematic
65:, 1914" by Belgian painter
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4172:Treaties of Brest-Litovsk
3720:1899â1923 cholera pandemic
3180:Second Battle of the Marne
3067:Second battle of the Aisne
2936:Second Battle of Champagne
2777:German invasion of Belgium
2057:10.1177/002200947901400301
2008:. Oxford University Press.
1831:(Sept 2011) 9#9 pp 686â700
1695:Albertini, Luigi (2005) .
1146:Nicoletta Gullace (2002).
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239:Corpses of victims of the
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3953:Assyrian genocide (Sayfo)
3482:Irish War of Independence
3225:Armistice of Villa Giusti
3210:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
2822:First Battle of the Marne
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2089:Zuckerman, Larry (2004).
1837:Journal of Modern History
1801:Media, War & Conflict
1617:Dumoulin, Michel (2010).
1598:Cook, Bernard A. (2004).
1465:. Yale University Press.
1340:Horne and Kramer, (1994).
986:German Atrocities in 1914
932:, Leuven University Press
835:German atrocities of 1914
819:Leipzig War Crimes Trials
742:Larissa Wegner (Freiburg)
730:Alexander Watson (London)
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4105:Constantinople Agreement
3398:ArmenianâAzerbaijani War
3261:Co-belligerent conflicts
3230:Second Romanian campaign
3200:Third Transjordan attack
2911:GorliceâTarnĂłw offensive
2817:Battle of Grand Couronné
1954:10.1177/0022009404044448
1813:10.1177/1750635214557534
1663:De Schaepdrijver, Sophie
1275:Kimberly Jensen (2008).
809:German South West Africa
733:Oswald Ăberegger (Bozen)
387:Industrial dismantlement
205:Treaty of London of 1839
30:Not to be confused with
4168:Modus vivendi of Acroma
4120:BulgariaâGermany treaty
3428:Greater Poland Uprising
3328:National Protection War
3205:MeuseâArgonne offensive
3155:German spring offensive
3150:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
2926:Siege of Novogeorgievsk
2901:Second Battle of Artois
2782:Battle of the Frontiers
2028:. Penguin (paperbacks).
1776:Fischer, Fritz (1967).
1555:War, Culture and Memory
1350:Isabel V. Hull (2014).
1322:Vrints, Antoon (2015).
1299:"Herzstein, Robert E.,
87:4 August 1914
4354:World War I propaganda
4193:Paris Peace Conference
4181:UkraineâCentral Powers
3975:Massacres of Albanians
3943:Late Ottoman genocides
3750:Bulgarian occupations
3458:Third Anglo-Afghan War
3422:HungarianâRomanian War
3240:Naval Victory Bulletin
3235:Armistice with Germany
3185:Hundred Days Offensive
3112:Battle of La Malmaison
3062:Second battle of Arras
3029:Battle of Transylvania
2883:Second Battle of Ypres
2751:Sarajevo assassination
2640:South African Republic
1301:Roosevelt & Hitler
1152:. Palgrave Macmillan.
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4339:War crimes in Belgium
4329:Collective punishment
4203:Treaty of St. Germain
4176:RussiaâCentral Powers
4130:SykesâPicot Agreement
3958:Pontic Greek genocide
3933:Destruction of Kalisz
3909:Eastern Mediterranean
3470:PolishâLithuanian War
3252:Armistice of Belgrade
3215:Armistice of Salonica
3145:Operation Faustschlag
3092:Third Battle of Oituz
3014:Baranovichi offensive
2982:Lake Naroch offensive
2956:Battle of Robat Karim
2931:VistulaâBug offensive
2906:Battles of the Isonzo
2837:First Battle of Ypres
1985:Lipkes, Jeff (2007).
1723:Bryce, J. B. (1915).
1704:Beckett, Ian (1988).
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794:Destruction of Kalisz
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3392:UkrainianâSoviet War
3339:Central Asian Revolt
3122:Armistice of FocÈani
2852:Battle of Sarikamish
2802:Battle of Tannenberg
2198:Military engagements
2139:Debruyne, Emmanuel:
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941:Horne & Kramer,
736:Peter Lieb (Potsdam)
574:Roosevelt and Hitler
305:(383 murdered), and
209:German Confederation
165:Imperial German Army
4319:Mass murder in 1914
4265:They shall not pass
4188:Treaty of Bucharest
4145:Treaty of Bucharest
4084:USA against Germany
4061:Declarations of war
3765:German occupations
3678:British casualties
3537:SovietâGeorgian War
3464:Egyptian Revolution
3404:Armeno-Georgian War
3268:Somaliland campaign
3220:Armistice of Mudros
3097:Battle of Caporetto
3087:Battle of MÄrÄÈeÈti
3057:Zimmermann telegram
3052:February Revolution
2997:Battle of the Somme
2921:Bug-Narew Offensive
2896:Battle of Gallipoli
2888:Sinking of the RMS
2680:Scramble for Africa
2674:Franco-Prussian War
2330:Sinai and Palestine
1753:Fox, Frank (1914).
1012:Alan Kramer (2007)
739:Axel Tixhon (Namur)
421:Atrocity propaganda
377:strategic materials
311:Province of Brabant
273:Massacre of Tamines
67:Ăvariste Carpentier
18:The Rape of Belgium
4225:Treaty of Lausanne
4140:Paris Economy Pact
4074:UK against Germany
4004:Entry into the war
3970:Urkun (Kyrgyzstan)
3689:Ottoman casualties
3499:Franco-Turkish War
3379:Post-War conflicts
3363:Russian Revolution
3345:Invasion of Darfur
3310:Kelantan rebellion
3298:Kurdish rebellions
3274:Mexican Revolution
3107:October Revolution
3072:Kerensky offensive
3047:Capture of Baghdad
3024:Monastir offensive
3009:Brusilov offensive
2847:Battle of Kolubara
2686:Russo-Japanese War
2026:The Guns of August
1697:Origins of the War
1600:Belgium: A History
1429:2008-12-12 at the
1052:The Guns of August
1034:"Universiteitshal"
645:by Larry Zuckerman
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3195:Battle of Megiddo
3170:Battle of Goychay
3117:Battle of Cambrai
3077:Battle of MÄrÄÈti
2992:Battle of Jutland
2972:Erzurum offensive
2827:Siege of PrzemyĆl
2807:Siege of Tsingtao
2792:Battle of Galicia
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2710:Italo-Turkish War
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2403:Asian and Pacific
2117:Wegner, Larissa:
2102:978-0-8147-9704-4
2038:978-3-5067-8744-6
2018:978-3-7329-0242-2
1996:978-9-0586-7596-5
1895:978-0-3000-8975-2
1654:978-0-1982-2108-1
1632:978-2-8710-6545-6
1609:978-0-8204-7647-6
1423:German war crimes
1395:978-0-8147-9704-4
1286:978-0-252-07496-7
1261:978-3-89971-385-5
1233:978-3-89971-385-5
1210:978-1-59967-012-6
1184:978-3-89971-385-5
1159:978-0-312-29446-5
1115:, pp. 533â4.
1022:978-0-19-280342-9
1002:978-0-300-08975-2
943:German atrocities
928:Lipkes J. (2007)
859:, pp. 102â7.
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