Hours of hardship and of heroism for Poland.

Source	« Le Patriote illustré » n°38, the 17th of September 1939, P. 1492-1493, 1494-1495, 1496-1497, 1526-1527
Event referred to	September 1st,1939 : Nazi’s invasion of Poland
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Description of the source	Kind of source: Weekly newspaper Origin of the source: Archives of the University of Liège (Belgium) Language: French Copyright issues: full availability
Contextualisation of the source	The “Patriote Illustré” is a weekly newspaper of conservative catholic trend published from 1884 by Victor and Louis Jourdain. It has been very successful at the end of the 19th century. Its publication has been interrupted at the time of the two world wars. It was then associated with the newspaper “Chez Nous” which took the name “Chez Nous – Le Nouvel Illustré”, that name has finally been forsaken, it kept the name “Chez Nous” . It was read by catholic people.
Interpretation of the source	The numerous pictures of destructions and of ruins as well as the short articles coming with them put in evidence the situation in Poland. The parallel between that situation and what Belgium has itself experienced in 1914 is made several times.
Original Contents	« Sans déclaration de guerre, sans écouter les grandes voix qui offraient une médiation honorable, le IIIe Reich lâchait ses armées sur la Pologne ». « Les rues (de Dirschau, 1ère ville occupée par les Allemands) virent défiler les colonnes casquées de 1939 comme la Belgique, en 1914, dut se résigner au passage des « feldgrau » en attendant l’aide promise ». « La Pologne se couvre de ruines comme la Belgique pendant quatre ans où elle fut le champ de bataille de l’Europe ».
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