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The Prussian

Raemaekers, Louis, 1916, Chromolithograph
The Prussian
The Prussian
The Prussian
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32975
Title
The Prussian
Description
"The French view: 'After having committed numerous acts of pillage at Luneville, after having burned about seventy houses with torches, petrol, and various incendiary machines, and after having massacred peaceful inhabitants, the German Military authorities though it was to post up the following proclamation, in which they formulated ridiculous accusations to justify the extortion of enormous contributions in the form of a indemnity.'

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The Prussian view: 'We were obliged to occupy wide tracts of enemy territory not out of unmeasured lust of conquest, but in just defence against the most treacherous attack ever known in the world's history. Everybody obliged to work in these lands, feels it as his highest duty to turn these territories, conquered with German blood, into a bulwark for our children and children's children, against which all future attempts at attack on the part of our neighbours should break down. - General von Bissing, Governor - General of Belgium."
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Date
1916
Size
34.2 x 25.8 cm
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the Louis Raemaekers Foundation.