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100 1 _aBelgium. Commission d'enquête sur la violation des règles du droit des gens, des lois et des coutumes de la guerre
245 1 4 _aThe Martyrdom of Belgium :
_bOfficial Report of Massacres of Peaceable Citizens, Women and Children by The German Army
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2016-11-30
508 _aProduced by Cindy Horton, Brian Coe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Martyrdom of Belgium" by Gerard Cooreman is a historical account written during the early 20th century. This book documents the atrocities committed by the German Army against Belgian civilians during World War I, aiming to provide official testimonies and evidence regarding the violation of international law and human rights in Belgium. Cooreman's work serves as an indictment of the brutality of the German military's actions and the suffering of innocents caught in the conflict. The narrative of "The Martyrdom of Belgium" compiles reports from the Official Belgian Commission of Inquiry, recounting incidents of violence, massacres, and terror inflicted upon unarmed Belgian citizens, including women and children, in towns such as Namur, Tamines, Andenne, and Dinant. The testimonies reveal systematic acts of brutality, including indiscriminate executions and the destruction of homes, alongside the culture of pillage enacted by occupying forces. Cooreman emphasizes that these events were not isolated incidents but a deliberate strategy of oppression sanctioned by the German military authority, stressing the deep moral implications of such warfare against a neutral and peaceable nation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities
700 1 _aCooreman, Gerard,
_d1852-1926
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53636
999 _c94470
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