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German slavery - (1) The Deportation
Raemaekers, Louis, 1917, Chromolithograph
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Title
German slavery - (1) The Deportation
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"Germany intends to deport and impress into her labour ranks the whole of Belgium's available manhood," said an American business man ... already between thirty and forty thousand men have been torn from their homes, forced into cattle trucks, and conveyed to Germany. In Germany they will be compelled to choose between aiding the Central Powers in the war or suffering penalties of the severest nature."
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1917
Size
35.5 x 27 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
Raemaekers accuses the German military of using citizens of conquered nations as slaves, since people were forced to help a cause they did not support. Raemaekers appeals to his audience's belief in the importance of family by showing German soldiers forcing a man to leave his family. His wife and daughter reach out in despair, and he pulls back towards them. A German soldier pulls him by scarf, treating him like an animal on a leash.
The
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
have published a book of his works entitled, 'Louis Raemaekers - with pen and pencil as a weapon'.
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Louis Raemaekers and World War One
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