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Press and Propaganda during the First World War, 1914-1918

Propaganda postcard, 1914

A postcard from the beginning of the First World war, which idealises the role of women during wartimes. A woman with a German Kaiserreich flag offers a drink to an injured soldier.

Anti-German propaganda of the Russians in the First World War

Picture of the 9 Juli 1914. It was published in a weekly journal with the caption 'Army-steeplechase in Grundewald'. From left to the right are shown lieutenant Prieger, lieutenant von Egan-Krieger and lieutenant von Herder. The picture was also published in the Russian press with the caption 'German bandits ahead of Warsaw'.

Anti-German propaganda of the Russians in the First World War

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

Emperor Wilhelm during the inauguration of the Niederfinow Canal. He is studying the run of the waterway on a map. There is another French version, that interprets the emperor in his search for additional territories for the occupation of the German Reich.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

Scene of a propaganda film, that takes place in the First World War. The sinking of two American war ships (type Dreadnaught) was simulated by using paper ships.

Anti-German propaganda film of the USA in the First World War

Scene of an American propaganda film of the First World War. A mother shoots her daughter to protect her of the Huns.

Anti-German propaganda of the Dutch forces in the First World War

The caricature shows Crown Prinz Wilhelm von Preußen in a field surrounded by barbwire. Prince Wilhelm is pictured as a helpless young man, who thinks about to attack or retire. The caricaturist calls him ironic 'Little Willie'.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

A German woman is dancing with a skeleton. The drawing is a symbol for the bloodshed and the imperial mindset of the Germans during World War One.

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces in the First World War

Uncle Sam and a German sturdy soldier, who oozes of blood. The caption compares the boche (a derogatory french name for the Germas ) with the long and bloody wars of the Apache Indiens with other native tribes in North America.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

Illustration of the allied forces in the First World War: Warning to the civilian population, who should prevent the ongoing bloodshed: A skeleton is drinking a cup of blood, that stands for the many dead persons.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

Anti-German cartoons of Reamaekers were assesed as too bloody and brutal. This picture shows a woman with a ripped dress. Her arms were shackled on a wheel.

Anti-German propaganda of the German Red Cross in the First World War

Drawing of 'The War illustrated', which was used as front page. It shows German soldiers, dressed up as paramedics of the German Red Cross, who supposedly shot out of an ambulance.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

Edith Cavell, a allied spy, was condemned to death by a German court. She was an important figure for the anti-German propaganda. In this picture a Prussian soldier fires a gunshoot on her head.

Anti-German flyer of the Allied Forces, 1918

Anti-German flyer of the Allied Forces of the last days in the First World War.

Anti-German flyer of the French Forces in the First World War

French flyer, which was thrown by an airplane. It informs about the Italian entry in the war against Germany in the First World War.

Anti-German propaganda of the French Forces in the First World War

Piece of a French picture, that illustrates the brutal treatment with captured french soldiers in January 1871 on the market place of Verdome. The brutal German soldier was a famous theme in the french press for decades.

Anti-German propaganda of the French Forces in the First World War

Illustration of the history of refuggees: A German officer offers an old couple a bucket of water. Previously he thrown some pieces of bread and cake into it. He ordered a platter of fresh meat for himself.

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces in the First World War

Prophecy of the allied forces to German soldiers, who will end up in a cemetery, under the sun, that is darkened by a skull.

Flyer with anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces, 1918

Frontside and backside of a flyer, that was thrown on German territories in 1918.

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces in the First World War

The image of Germany in World War One was shaped by the Anti-German propaganda of the allied. In this picture you can see a agressive and grotesque German soldier, who catches at a globe.

Anti-German propaganda of the Englsh in the First World War

Poster with anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces: Appeal to the English population against the German Navy.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Entente, 1916

French caricature about the famine of the German children after the First World War.

Anti-German propaganda film from America in the First World War

Anti-German propaganda film from America about the First World War-. German soldiers shoot dead american civilists.

Anti-German propaganda film of the American in the First World War

Film photography of an American propaganda film about the First World War. A mother shoots her two daughters to protect them against the German (in the film called Huns).

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

Group photography of German officers in Louvain-la-Neuve, taken by a Dutch photographer.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

German car park in front of the city hall in Louvain. German officers in their cars were provided with stolen wine and zigarettes.

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces in the First World War

The propaganda of the Entente compared the German in Louvain in the First World War with the huns and their tyranny.

Propaganda of the Entente in the First World War

Propaganda of the Entente during World War One. A wounded German soldier fires at paramedics.

Anti-German propaganda in England and in the Netherlands, 1915

The press of the allied forces interpreted this picture as passport control of a Belgian pastor, implemented by two German officers. The German press disclaimed it.

Anti-German propaganda in France, 1916

French publication, which describes an event in the Café Bauer in Berlin. German women overthrow tables of dressed up Ladies and Gentelmen and disturb their elegant atmosphere.

Anti-German propaganda of England, 1916

According to the English press in World War I the picture shows supposedly an destroyed enemy fortress on the eastern front. In the German opinion a enemy fortress in Tutrakan is shown.

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces, 1914/15

Picture with different interpretations: It was published in the German newspaper 'Bilder des Tages' on 13 August 1914 and showed arrested civilians in Döberitz, who waited for the food distribution. The 'Daily news' headlined eight mounths later: 'German workers feel the punch.'

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces, 1914/15

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces, 1916

The same photography was published in the Londonish journal 'The Daily Graphic' and in the Swiss magazine 'Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung'. The English press assumes, that the church was destroyed by the German shell fire, whereas the Swiss newspaper reported, that the Italians destroyed the church.

Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces, 1914

Anti-German propaganda of the entente in the First World War: German soldiers displace the inhabitants of Louvain, before they start to plunder the village.

Belgian mercenaries with spicked helmets, 1915

Belgian mercenaries, wearing spiked helmets, that they had stolen from German soldiers. The picture was published on 22 June 1915 in the 'Daily Mail'.

Anti-German propaganda in France in the First World War

Picture of the journal 'Le tribune de Lausanne' with the caption 'Le travail forcé dans une ville du nord - the hard work in a village in the north' - a sarcastic command of the inactive soldiers, who control the work of the women, doing the laundry.

Anti-German propaganda of the English press in the First World War

The detention of an Italian thief by German soldiers was described differently in the allied press: Instead of the Italian woman the German soldiers were recognized as thiefs in the Sunday Pictorial.

First World War: Anti-German propaganda of the Allied Forces

The picture shows a German collecting point for charitable gifts. A French newspaper published it with the caption: "Inventory of the depredations prior the sale in Berlin".

English caricature of Edwin Morrow in the First World War

The caricature is an allusion on the English blockade during World War One. Instead of having a real christmas dinner, the German population could only watch at pictures of delicacies.

Measure against the anti-German war propaganda, 1916

This picture was published 1916 in the German news press with the caption: German barbarians?'. 'French, by French grenade wounded children under the treatment of German physicians in a hospital in France. In this way the German press tried to oppose the international anti-German propaganda.

Newspapers for German soldiers, 1914

Men distribute newspapers to German soldiers of the First World War at the front.

German homeland propaganda,1914

Homeland propaganda during the First World War: 'The winner' after a painting by Oskar Zwintscher.

German propaganda drawing, 1915

Propaganda drawing by Georg Marschall for the "Gartenlaube" magazine, depicting a soldier on home leave.

Reading room with international press, 1916

Men and women read international newspapers in a reading room in Berlin during the First World War.

Bomb damage on the Parisian metro, 1916

This picture taken from a Parisian newspaper shows the bomb damaged on the metro caused by a German zeppelin attack during the First World War. The newspaper was attached to a rocket and send over the German trenches at the wetfrotn on the 2nd of February 1916.

Farmer with family, 1917

Picture of farmer Oberrieder from Hohenschaeftlarn, Bavaria, with his wife and sons in uniform, shot for propagandistic purposes.

Colonial soldiers during the First World War, 1916

This German propaganda drawing, 'Im Kampf mit Kulturvoelkern', 'At war with indigenous people', hints towards the deployment of French colonial troops during the First World War.

A plane distributes propaganda material, 1916

An English doubledecker drops flyers with the speach of President Wilson above German grounds.

Soldiers on their way to the front, 1914

Recovered German soldiers of the First World War leave a meeting-place in Berlin-Charlottenburg in order to return to their troops.

Death notification of Belgrad, 1914

Propaganda notification in the form of a death notification of the conquest of Belgrad by German and Austrian-Hungarian troops during the First World War.

Propaganda notification during the First World War

Propaganda notification in a German newspaper during the First World War, which informs about Russia's loss of Poland.

A soldiers takes his leave from a military hospital, 1915

A recovered soldier shakes hands with a nurse in a military hospital in Belgium on his way to return to his troops at the front of the First World War.

German nurse with a Belgian soldier, 1914

In a military hospital in Antwerp during the First World War, a German Red Cross nurse shows a map with the front line to an injured Belgian prisoner of war.

Poster with an idealized German soldier, 1915

A poster, meant to animate people to donate during the "Hamburger Opferwoche", a charity event to raise money for the soldiers at the front during the First World War.

Soldier quarters during the First World War

German soldiers of the First World Warprepare their accomodation, a Berlin dance and concert hall.

Flyer of the 'German fatherland party', 1917

Flyer of the Munich section of the German 'Fatherland party', a party which operated against possible peace agreements, but instead demanded the continued fighting of the German troops during the First World War.

Press and Propaganda in Germany during World War I

Press and Propaganda in Germany in the First World War

German soldiers with newspaper balloons, 1915

German soldiers of the First World War carry balloons filled with newspapers for the enemy population to a field to be released.

Soldiers with a newspaper balloon, 1916

Austrian-Hungarian soldiers release a newspaper balloon in order to inform the Russians about the German accomplishments at Verdun.

Front page of a German war newspaper, 1914

The soldiers of Boyen Fortress, Poland, founded the war newspaper 'Kriegszeitung der Feste Boyen und der Stadt Loetzen' with the editors Lieutenant Colonel Freybe and Lieutenant Colonel and cavalry captain von Negelein, while many regions of Prussia were under Russian occupation.

Newspaper balloons over the German front, 1917

Balloons, filled with newspapers for the enemy population, are released by German soldiers at a front of the First World War.

Austrian-Hungarian field printer's train, 1918

Soldiers at work in an Austrian-Hungarian field printer's train during the First World War.

Press headquarters in the First World War, 1914

In the press headquarter of the German allies, news from the army headquarters are passed on to the press reporters.

Soldiers reading a newspaper, 1915

Germans soldiers of the First World War read a newspaper, which is adjusted to a tree in a Polish town.

German newspaper distributer's in Lida, 1916

German soldiers of the First World War sell newspapers, illustrated magazines and books at a German newspaper distributer's in Lida, Belarus.

News reporters on horseback during the First World War

News reporters on horses at the Belgian front during the First World War.

German trench newspapers from the First World War

Collection of so called German "trench newspapers" from the First World War.

German soldiers read a French newspaper, 1915

German soldiers of the First World War read a French Gernal Staff's report on how they were supposedly 'wiped out' by French troops.

Soldiers reading newspapers, 1914

German solders of the First World War inspect war pictures from the homefront during an hour of rest, printed in the newspaper 'Bilder vom Tage', 'Pictures of the Day'.

Austrian-Hungarian editorial field office, 1917

The editorial field office of an Austrian-Hungarian illustrated war newspaper. Placates read: 'Deutscher Bericht' ('German report') and 'Hoefer'.

German soldiers reading the news, 1915

German soldiers of the First World War read the news of the eastfront, which are fixed to a house wall.

Austrian-Hungarian field printer's train, 1918

In an Austrian-Hungarian field printer's train, soldiers set the next edition during the First World War.

German field printer's shop, 1915

A German field printer's shop in France during the First Wold War, in which military proclamations are being printed.

Reading room for German soldiers, 1917

A reading room for German soldiers of the First World War in a French banking building at the westfront.

French war newspaper, 1918

Front title of a French war newspaper of the First World War.

German war newspaper from the First World War

The German war newspaper 'Der Landsturm' was published by German soldiers at the westfront in Vouziers during the First World War.

German soldiers reading newspapers, 1915

German soldiers of the First World War read newspapers, which are fixed to a pine tree trunk in a wood in Poland.

German officerrs reading the news, 1916

German officers of the First World War read the news, which are fixed on a tree trunk at the eastfront.

French newspaper boy during the First World War

A boy sells the French newspaper 'Gazette des Ardennes', which celebrates its first anniversary during the First World War.

German front propaganda and press abroad during World War I

German soldiers with children, 1915

German soldiers with children in Serbia during the First World War.