National Content: Belgium
War criminals n°1 appear before the International Court of Nuremberg
| Source | "Le Patriote illustré" n°42, the 9th of December 1945, p. 652-653 |
| Event referred to | 20th november 1945 : beginning of Nuremberg trial |
| Technological characteristics | Type of file: Image Extension : pdf Characteristics Dimension of the file: 867 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 | “Le 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 | This double page is lavishly illustrated : we can see pictures of the courtroom, of the jury, of the defendants,…The journalist lays more stress on the emotional side than on the informative side. The journalist’s comments are meaningful in that way, laying the stress on the unsuitable behavior of the defendants during the trial. These two pages look like a picture gallery that aims more to show the trial than to explain it. |
| Original Contents | « Rudolph Hess a un accès d’hilarité au cours de l’audience, après le coup de théâtre où il a avoué son attitude de dissimulation. » |
| Original Contents (English Translation) | " Rudolph Hess has a hilarity fit at the audience, after the sensational turn when he confessed his dissimulation behavior". |