National Content: Belgium
A nest of flying bombs in Belgium
| Source | “Le Patriote Illustré”, N° 10, 19th of November 1944, P 156 - 157. |
| Event referred to | Cities bombing during World War II |
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| Description of the source | Kind of source: Newspaper article Origin of the source: Archive of the University of Liège (Belgium) Language: French Copyright issues: full availability |
| Contextualisation of the source | « Le Patriote illustré » is a large review of good quality, weekly published on glazed paper. The first of January 1884 begins the publication of a conservative catholic newspaper : "Le Patriote". Created by Victor and Louis Jourdain, this newspaper is immediately successful (10.000 copies printed in June 1884) and becomes quickly a large national catholic newspaper able to compete with the liberal press. From November 1885, Jourdain brothers start a weekly complement “Le Patriote Illustré”. Victor and Louis Jourdain die in 1918. After the World War I, Victor Jourdain’sons, Paul and Joseph, will carry on the company, the first taking care of the daily newspapers and the second of the weekly newspapers. Joseph Jourdain, who is interested in the graphic arts, follows closely the real revolution which is taking place in the methods of engraving and illustration. The World War II stops again the activities of the press which will start again after the Release. |
| Interpretation of the source | This article is edited a few months after the D-day. Many pictures are published in this newspaper. We can see some pictures of a Belgian castle in the hands of the Germans forces during the war. The Germans wanted to build a new launching ramp for V1 and had already stored bombs in the castle. But the project stopped because Germans were forced to leave this area, in front of the progress of the allied forces. They exploded the castle and all their installation before leaving. Some bombs have been found in the park, we can see that in the pictures. The newspaper stopped the publishing during the war. After the Liberation, the publishing started again freely. The feeling which emerges from the article, in spite of the woeful aspect of this tumbledown castle, it is first of all the joy of thwarting a machiavellian project of the German occupant. |
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