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DOI article:Gruew, Georgi: Umęczona alegoria wolności: obraz Belgii w plakatach propagandowych I wojny światowej
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.29071#0056
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GEORGI GRUEW
The picture of Belgium was also shaped by means of posters by its own official
propaganda, since posters were highly appreciated there already before the war. In
the first place, the Belgian posters emphasized the brutal treatment of civilians by
the German troops, thus sharing the tendency to dehumanize the enemy, characte-
ristic of all the Entente countries. From today’s point of view, one must admit that
the picture of Belgium shaped by the victors was much more effective than that gen-
erated in Germany. Together with northern France, Belgium became the area of a
particular cult of the war victims, both soldiers and civilians, and a symbol of war
atrocities that took place during World War I also in other parts of the world. In the
history of the visual propaganda, the picture of Belgium made in the Entente coun-
tries and the dehumanization of the enemy anticipated similar strategies used dur-
ing the Bolshevik revolution and prior to the outbreak of World War II.
GEORGI GRUEW
The picture of Belgium was also shaped by means of posters by its own official
propaganda, since posters were highly appreciated there already before the war. In
the first place, the Belgian posters emphasized the brutal treatment of civilians by
the German troops, thus sharing the tendency to dehumanize the enemy, characte-
ristic of all the Entente countries. From today’s point of view, one must admit that
the picture of Belgium shaped by the victors was much more effective than that gen-
erated in Germany. Together with northern France, Belgium became the area of a
particular cult of the war victims, both soldiers and civilians, and a symbol of war
atrocities that took place during World War I also in other parts of the world. In the
history of the visual propaganda, the picture of Belgium made in the Entente coun-
tries and the dehumanization of the enemy anticipated similar strategies used dur-
ing the Bolshevik revolution and prior to the outbreak of World War II.