Behold the Enemy! Belgian Internees Deported to Germany

Notes:

This poster depicts a horde of German soldiers groping women amid crying children and tired old men and women. Some of the Germans are drunk and are on a rampage. In the background is the remains of a destroyed village and the corpse of a man hanging from a tree. Rape was a problem for both Allied and Central Powers during World War I, but the Allies emphasized the cruelty of the "Huns" throughout the war in a major propaganda campaign.

Date Created:

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Crime, Propaganda, Belgian Internees, German Guards, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: A. Von Schrader and Paul Fortier Jones, eds. Harper’s Library of the World War, Volume VII: The Armies of Mercy: The Vast Relief Work in All the Nations. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1920, 129.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/315