German Barbarism: A Neutral’s Indictment

About this eBook

Author

Maccas, Léon, 1892-1972

Title

German Barbarism: A Neutral's Indictment

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57424

Release Date

June 30, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GERMAN BARBARISM
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I THE GERMAN THEORY OF WAR — The Custom of War — German Military Writers’ Theory of War — The German State of Mind on the Eve of War — The State of Mind of German Intellectuals
6. 6.CHAPTER II GERMAN ACTIONS CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED ON THE PLEA OF REPRISALS — The Plea of Reprisals — Reprisals and the Germans — German Slanders which Attempt to Disguise Cruel Acts of the Imperial Troops as Reprisals — Trivial Acts have sometimes been the Cause of Terrible Reprisals — In Poland — The Germans Admit that their Pleas of Defence are a Sham — Reprisals among the Allies — Conclusion
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE GERMAN TREATMENT OF OFFICIALS — German Violence — How the German Authorities behaved to the Dowager Empress of Russia — How the German Authorities behaved to the Grand Duke Constantin of Russia and his Family — How the Germans behaved to the Ambassador of France at Berlin — How the German Authorities behaved to other Members of the Diplomatic Corps — Brutal Behaviour, which was Permitted by the German Police, of the Mob, to the Diplomatic Representatives of Foreign Countries — How the German Authorities behaved to Members of the Consular Service
8. 8.CHAPTER IV OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE PERSONS AGAINST ENEMY SUBJECTS — German Misconduct towards People Incapable of Espionage — How the Germans treated Russian Travellers — How the Germans Behaved to French Residents and Travellers
9. 9.CHAPTER V OUTRAGES ON NEUTRAL SUBJECTS — Outrages committed by the Germans on Neutral Subjects Resident in Germany — In Austria — Crimes committed by Germans against Neutral Subjects in the invaded Countries
10. 10.CHAPTER VI GERMAN USE OF PROHIBITED IMPLEMENTS OF WAR — The Use of Dum-dum Bullets in Belgium — The Use of Dum-dum Bullets on French Soil — Use of the Same Kind of Bullets in the Colonies — Counter-accusations by the Germans — Doctors attached to the German Medical Service have admitted that the German Accusation was False — Dum-dum Bullets used Against the Russians — The Same Practices followed in Austria
11. 11.CHAPTER VII GERMAN TREACHERY ON THE BATTLEFIELD — Abuse of the Privilege allowed to Bearers of a Flag of Truce and to Prisoners — Other Forms of German Treachery
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII BOMBARDMENT OF UNDEFENDED TOWNS. CRIMES COMMITTED DURING BOMBARDMENT. DEFINITION OF BOMBARDMENT — Undefended Towns bombarded by the Germans — Bombardment of Pont-à-Mousson — Bombardment of Douai — Bombardment of Lille — Bombardment of Belgrade — Bombardments without Notice — Towns bombarded behind the Lines — Bombardment of Malines and Lierre — Bombardment of Mars-la-Tour — Bombardment of Étain — Bombardment of Albert — Bombardment of Nancy — First Bombardment of Reims — Second Bombardment of Reims ( 18th to 20th September ) — Damage to the Cathedral of Reims — Other Results of the Second Bombardment of Reims ( 18th to 20th September ) — Fresh Bombardments of the Cathedral of Reims ( 20th to 27th November ) — The Bombardment of the Cathedral of Reims is Inexcusable — Public Opinion throughout the World roused to Indignation by the Bombardment of the Cathedral of Reims — Bombardment of Gerbeviller — Bombardment of Dompierre-aux-Bois — Bombardment of Recquignies — Bombardment of Soissons — Bombardment of Sampigny — Bombardment of Arras — The Outrage on Notre-Dame of Paris — Bombardment of Hazebrouck
13. 13.CHAPTER IX KILLING OF THE WOUNDED BY GERMANS — The Wounded, the Red Cross, and the Geneva Convention — Principles of the Geneva Convention which Germans have violated — Killing of the Wounded ordered by Officers — French and Belgian Officers killed by the Germans — Wounded Soldiers tortured before being put to Death — Published Admission by Germans — German Murder of People attached to the Medical Service and the Red Cross
14. 14.CHAPTER X ILL-TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR — The German Idea — Blows — Cross-examination — Murders — German Admissions — Treatment of Prisoners in Germany
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE MURDER, TORTURE AND VIOLATION OF WOMEN IN INVADED TERRITORY — Murders — Wholesale Murder — Tortured Women — Poland and Serbia — Abduction — Violation — Hateful Consequences of these Acts — Resistance punished with Death — Refinement of Depravity — German Admissions
16. 16.CHAPTER XII OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN, OLD PEOPLE AND PRIESTS — Belgian and French Children ill-treated, wounded and killed — Children tortured by Germans — German Admissions — Outrages on Old People — Torture of Old People — Outrages on Priests — Ill-Treatment — Murder of Priests — Torture of Priests — The Arrest of Cardinal Mercier — Outrages on the French Clergy
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII OUTRAGES ON CIVILIANS AND FRANCS-TIREURS — The German Theory of Francs-tireurs — The German Military Authorities and Non-combatants — Francs-tireurs — The Attitude of the Belgian Government — Crimes committed by the Germans in the Exercise of Reprisals — Massacres of Civilians for Paltry Reasons — Massacre of Civilians without any Pretext — At Dinant — At Louvain — At Nomény — At Lunéville — Outrages and Attacks on Hostages — Massacre of Hostages — Hostages in Serbia — Deportation of Civilians — The Germans admit all these Crimes — Conclusion
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV SYSTEMATIC ARSON. DESECRATION OF CHURCHES — Arson as a Policy — Louvain — The Burning of Nomény — Senlis — Baccarat — A Few Figures — Burning of Historic Monuments and Castles — Sacrilegious Fires — Desecration of Churches — In Russia — German Admissions
19. 19.CHAPTER XV SYSTEMATIC PILLAGE AND THEFT. ROBBING THE WOUNDED AND THE DEAD — The German Idea of War-booty — The Objects of Pillage — Pillage a General Practice — Looting of Louvain — Looting at Aerschot — Looting at Dinant — Looting at Lunéville — Looting of Clermont-en-Argonne — Looting of Château-Thierry — Serbia and Russia — Theft of Pictures and Various Objets d’Art — Looting of Châteaux — Robbing the Dead and Wounded — Enormous Taxes levied by the Germans — German Pleas in Defence, and their Validity — The Chief Examples in Belgium of this Breach of International Law — Examples of the same Breach of Law in France — Requisitions — Other Examples of Official Pillage — The Chapter of German Admissions
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI DEGREES OF RESPONSIBILITY. CONCLUSION — The Responsibility of the Leaders — The Names of the Officers — Conclusion

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