Their Crimes
Léon Mirman
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Description
Their Crimes, translated from the French in 1917, catalogues German conduct in occupied France and Belgium. Its contents list robbery, incendiarism, and murder as chapters. Killing the wounded and martyrdom of civilian prisoners follow. Profits were pledged to the League of Remembrance and relief work in Lorraine. The preface states the book's purpose bluntly. English-speaking readers must remember the destruction of 1914.
Time, the preface warns, has dimmed those horrors in many minds. War weariness might sap resolution toward a patched-up peace. The authors demand true perception of reparation and punishment due. German excuses get a chapter of rebuttal. Belgian workmen add their own appeal. The book stands as wartime atrocity literature aimed at Allied resolve.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Léon Mirman |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 78 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |