National Content: Belgium
Dog eats dog
| Source | "Pourquoi Pas ?" n°1409, the 30th of November 1945, p. 1864-1865 |
| Event referred to | 20th november 1945 : beginning of Nuremberg trial |
| Technological characteristics | Type of file: Image Extension : pdf Characteristics Dimension of the file: 1393 Ko Availability proposed: pdf document with zoom options |
| Description of the source | Kind of source: Newspaper article Origin of the source: Archives of the University of Liège (Belgium) Language: French Copyright issues: reproduction and pedagogical exploitation authorized in the framework of the MHM project |
| Contextualisation of the source | « Pourquoi Pas ? » is a weekly newspaper founded in 1910. Since its first publishing, this newspaper gave humorous and satirical comments on the Belgian news. From 1910 to the sixties, this weekly had a great impact on the political and cultural opinion in Belgium. In 1973, the newspaper has been sold toan insurance company. In 1989, it has been bought by the newspaper “Le Vif/L’Express”. (http://www.ipb.be/upload/album/AP_115.pdf) |
| Interpretation of the source | This short article is presented on a double page, in the same way as the other articles, it is not underscored. In these few lines, the author stresses on the differences of view which appear amongst the defendants. He seems to be satisfied by the turn of the events, hoping that the events which occurred during the war would be brought to the light. He also hopes to understand the motivations which led the defendants to commit such incomprehensible actions. Hopefully the trial will allow to set the Nazism in its true light. |
| Original Contents | « Voici qu’au premier plan des débats reparaissent avec une clarté révélatrice des événements qui replacent sous son véritable jour la mensongère équipée d’Hitler et de ses complices depuis l’incendie du Reichstag jusqu’au bain de sang de Munich dont Frick a déclaré que c’était Goering qui en fut l’instigateur. » |
| Original Contents (English Translation) | "At the foreground of the debates, reappear with a revealing clearness the events that bring the mendacious escapade of Hitler and his accomplices to light, from the fire of the Reichstag to the Munich blood bath. Frick declared that Goering was the instigator of this blood bath." |