| And It's Still Kicking Around..... |
How effective was CPI propaganda? It's still here and it is still doing its job! Some libraries still take
up shelf space with this junk and there are hundreds of listings of this garbage on internet auction
sites yearly, doing grave damage after almost a century. Often, these items are accompanied by a
seller's furious personal venting of his/her prejudice and loathing of "Germans." A listing for the
"rare"old CPI pamphlet below recently went up for auction and the seller went on to elaborate with a
lengthy, bigoted description in a huge font well beyond the point of necessity:
up shelf space with this junk and there are hundreds of listings of this garbage on internet auction
sites yearly, doing grave damage after almost a century. Often, these items are accompanied by a
seller's furious personal venting of his/her prejudice and loathing of "Germans." A listing for the
"rare"old CPI pamphlet below recently went up for auction and the seller went on to elaborate with a
lengthy, bigoted description in a huge font well beyond the point of necessity:
With the horrendous atrocities committed against the Belgian, French, Russian, Polish, and English
peoples, it describes in one German soldier's words "the beautiful sight of burning villages illuminating
the night sky in every direction." With details of mass Deportations and Forced Labor, this book
describes wholesale, wanton destruction of entire cities and villages, along with the terrorizing and
brutal crackdowns of collaborators, sympathizers, and innocent alike. Describes fines levied against
local towns, leaders, and civilians who interfered, told are the various methods of reprisal; and the
near certain consequences of those who dared to confront this murderous lot." !!! (etc.)
peoples, it describes in one German soldier's words "the beautiful sight of burning villages illuminating
the night sky in every direction." With details of mass Deportations and Forced Labor, this book
describes wholesale, wanton destruction of entire cities and villages, along with the terrorizing and
brutal crackdowns of collaborators, sympathizers, and innocent alike. Describes fines levied against
local towns, leaders, and civilians who interfered, told are the various methods of reprisal; and the
near certain consequences of those who dared to confront this murderous lot." !!! (etc.)
"This 1917 book entitled "German War Practices" provides eyewitness accounts
including excerpts from the real diaries German troops and the official report on the
horrific massacres and atrocities inflicted by the German forces during World War
One. This book with tales of torture and genocide, describes methods by which the
Germans sacked and burned villages; throwing civilians into burning homes, torturing,
and routinely killing innocent men, women and children. Detailing a campaign of
systematic brutality, this work provides a grim record of the German onslaught;
including excerpts from the real diaries German troops and the official report on the
horrific massacres and atrocities inflicted by the German forces during World War
One. This book with tales of torture and genocide, describes methods by which the
Germans sacked and burned villages; throwing civilians into burning homes, torturing,
and routinely killing innocent men, women and children. Detailing a campaign of
systematic brutality, this work provides a grim record of the German onslaught;
There's bound to be a few old C.P.I. propaganda books left floating around,
right? No, there are hundreds and hundreds, and most are still passed off as
factual accounts. They are repeat offenders. This real prize is a whole lot of
CPI booklets, but at least the seller has the decency (or brains) to describe
them as Propaganda.
right? No, there are hundreds and hundreds, and most are still passed off as
factual accounts. They are repeat offenders. This real prize is a whole lot of
CPI booklets, but at least the seller has the decency (or brains) to describe
them as Propaganda.
| "We offer 6 informational and propaganda booklets or pamphlets about WW I published by the U.S. Government’s Committee on Public Information, Washington, DC, 1917 and 1918. |
| Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages Printed by His Majesty’s Stationery Office in 1915. complete in two volumes. Provides details of hundreds of witnessed reports on alleged atrocities by the civilian population and other including using civilians as a screen, killing, wounding, firing on hospitals etc, abuse of Red Cross, abuse of the white flag. Eg. Belgian refugee – "On Sunday September 27th, between 9 and 10 am, I saw the Germans in Alost take 37 civilians (all men) and put them in front of their soldiers and make them march forward so that if the Belgians fired on the German troops they would necessarily kill the Belgian civilians first. I myself saw the bodies of two of these civilians in the afternoon of the same day who had been shot, as well as three German soldiers." The two booklets are in very good condition; very clean and tight; Free of foxing and browning. Binding is sound and complete if a little faded. No inscriptions. Rare to see in such nice condition. ( No, it's not rare. It's here all the time. ) |
The infamous "Bryce Report of Alleged German
Atrocities" came out in 1915 and fueled the rage
against Germany, ensuring world war. Translated
into 27 languages, it contained gruesome and hate-
inspiring illustrations of Germans spearing babies
and eating their flesh. Even though thoroughly
debunked later by Britian, Belgium and the USA,
and not having even one single major allegation ever
corroborated, its lying author maintained his sterling
reputation and it is still being treated as fact:
Atrocities" came out in 1915 and fueled the rage
against Germany, ensuring world war. Translated
into 27 languages, it contained gruesome and hate-
inspiring illustrations of Germans spearing babies
and eating their flesh. Even though thoroughly
debunked later by Britian, Belgium and the USA,
and not having even one single major allegation ever
corroborated, its lying author maintained his sterling
reputation and it is still being treated as fact:
One of the Hate Gang's most successful tactics was the "in their own words" gimmick. They would
simply make up a character with a silly sounding German name, give "him" the title of General, etc.
and "quote" him as he spouted off infuriating diatribes calculated to make the reader hate the Hun.
simply make up a character with a silly sounding German name, give "him" the title of General, etc.
and "quote" him as he spouted off infuriating diatribes calculated to make the reader hate the Hun.
Almost like the myriad of UXBs from the last war that lethally hide under
German soil today, it will take decades for this stuff to go away. Meanwhile, it
still poisons young minds. But, back to the books. Now, this missive must be the
truth. It's written by a REAL German secret agent!! It even has the German Eagle
on the cover! "Up for bids is this ABSOLUTELY GREAT looking vintage
hardcover book entitled: THE SECRETS OF THE GERMAN WAR OFFICE. It
was written by DR. ARMGAARD KARL GRAVES-SECRET AGENT-WITH
THE COLLABORATION OF EDWARD LYELL FOX and was published by
A.L. BURT COMPANY, NEW YORK. Copyright 1914".
German soil today, it will take decades for this stuff to go away. Meanwhile, it
still poisons young minds. But, back to the books. Now, this missive must be the
truth. It's written by a REAL German secret agent!! It even has the German Eagle
on the cover! "Up for bids is this ABSOLUTELY GREAT looking vintage
hardcover book entitled: THE SECRETS OF THE GERMAN WAR OFFICE. It
was written by DR. ARMGAARD KARL GRAVES-SECRET AGENT-WITH
THE COLLABORATION OF EDWARD LYELL FOX and was published by
A.L. BURT COMPANY, NEW YORK. Copyright 1914".
Our friend Arthur Conan Doyle is back. He's here a lot. He really enjoyed hating
Germans almost as much as he once hated Belgians.
Germans almost as much as he once hated Belgians.
Old Nurse Cavell visits us again, too, in another tidbit: "The full title of this
15-page piece was published in London in 1915 is 'Correspondence With the
United States Ambassador Respecting the Execution of Miss Clavell at Brussels.'
On October 12, 1915, Miss Clavell was executed by German firing squad. A
fascinating piece about a little known aspect of WWI." (The only real thing "little
known" is the story of the 2 German nurses who were executed by the Brits!)
15-page piece was published in London in 1915 is 'Correspondence With the
United States Ambassador Respecting the Execution of Miss Clavell at Brussels.'
On October 12, 1915, Miss Clavell was executed by German firing squad. A
fascinating piece about a little known aspect of WWI." (The only real thing "little
known" is the story of the 2 German nurses who were executed by the Brits!)
| Hodder & Stoughton's 1917 London book about France pops up again and contains: "Frightfulness in Retreat; Proceedings of the French Senate, March 31, 1917; German Atrocities in the Liberated Districts (Official Report of the French Commission Appointed to Investigate Acts Committed by the Enemy in Violation of the Law of Nations). Stunning, disturbing, filled with anecdotal information." |
| Who can forget France? Published in 1917, also by George H. Doran Company, Arnold Toynbee's book relates the suffering and agony being inflicted on the French by the "brutal, bloodthirsty and uncivilized German soldiers". |
A sticker attached to the front of the fear mongering pamphlet "The New German
Empire" states: "This Pamphlet is sent you by the War Committee of the Union
League Club of Chicago. After you have read it, please pass it on in order that the
message it carries may reach the largest number of persons." This was typical of
the publications of George H. Doran Company, the major publishing source for
the British Government's propaganda. They published a number of other books
on the War including two by James W. Gerard, the former fat, spoiled American
Ambassador to Germany who was wined, dined, feted and fawned on by
Germans during his tenure there only to return home and become a German baiter
when politically expedient. .
Empire" states: "This Pamphlet is sent you by the War Committee of the Union
League Club of Chicago. After you have read it, please pass it on in order that the
message it carries may reach the largest number of persons." This was typical of
the publications of George H. Doran Company, the major publishing source for
the British Government's propaganda. They published a number of other books
on the War including two by James W. Gerard, the former fat, spoiled American
Ambassador to Germany who was wined, dined, feted and fawned on by
Germans during his tenure there only to return home and become a German baiter
when politically expedient. .
And We Love Lucy: "The Lusitania Massacre is one of the great
landmarks in history, not alone in American history but in human
history, because it ensured German defeat in the World War.
FIRST EDITION, 1915." And yet another (literally) yellow
journalism report regarding unemployment in Belgium under
German occupation. Aesthetics were not too important in the
propaganda booklet biz apparently. There's another Belgium book
in a lively shade of lizard green.
landmarks in history, not alone in American history but in human
history, because it ensured German defeat in the World War.
FIRST EDITION, 1915." And yet another (literally) yellow
journalism report regarding unemployment in Belgium under
German occupation. Aesthetics were not too important in the
propaganda booklet biz apparently. There's another Belgium book
in a lively shade of lizard green.
| German Atrocities: an Official Investigation written by J.H. Morgan in 1916 explains the viciousness of the German character, "Memorial of the German East Coast Raids and Bombardment by Sea and Air" from 1916 is a third edition book discussing when England was attacked by German warships. "There is an actual list of people killed, as well as many black and white photos of damages sustained." |
German business was a primary concern. Baby-eating Huns apparently had
faulty economies, and slews of economists, professors and business leaders
issued their perspectives on the Germans from the monetary angle. But it then
erratically escalates from the Mark to mayhem and we progress from
economic atrocities to more gore as semi-hysterical sellers take regular
German books and pervert their meanings to fit their own personal prejudice.
faulty economies, and slews of economists, professors and business leaders
issued their perspectives on the Germans from the monetary angle. But it then
erratically escalates from the Mark to mayhem and we progress from
economic atrocities to more gore as semi-hysterical sellers take regular
German books and pervert their meanings to fit their own personal prejudice.
An old German medical book is described by an "expert" on Germans:
"Ultra Rare 1919 GERMAN GRAPHIC MEDICAL BOOK. BRUTAL
DISTURBING PHOTOS! FREAKS! DISEASES! PINHEADS! It is a fact
that Germany and virtually all the German speaking lands have a long
history of displaying physically challenged people in Carnivals and Circus
Sideshows as “Freaks”. The German fascination with grotesqueness and
deformity ( ! ) is starkly evident in this unforgettable German book from
1919." (Guess who the freak is?)
"Ultra Rare 1919 GERMAN GRAPHIC MEDICAL BOOK. BRUTAL
DISTURBING PHOTOS! FREAKS! DISEASES! PINHEADS! It is a fact
that Germany and virtually all the German speaking lands have a long
history of displaying physically challenged people in Carnivals and Circus
Sideshows as “Freaks”. The German fascination with grotesqueness and
deformity ( ! ) is starkly evident in this unforgettable German book from
1919." (Guess who the freak is?)
Thank goodness the Hun was finally "outwitted" by the goofy
looking guy on the right. But do you suppose one would find a
book title using any other racially or ethnically insulting epithet
on a major internet auction site? Very doubtful. In fact, it is not
supposed to be allowed, with one exception..the HUN..no, two
exceptions: Hun and KRAUT, both used freely, frequently and
with no bad feedback. Actually, that is pretty much an outrage.
looking guy on the right. But do you suppose one would find a
book title using any other racially or ethnically insulting epithet
on a major internet auction site? Very doubtful. In fact, it is not
supposed to be allowed, with one exception..the HUN..no, two
exceptions: Hun and KRAUT, both used freely, frequently and
with no bad feedback. Actually, that is pretty much an outrage.
Even a better description surfaced for another of the same a mere month later: "For auction is a copy
of Arnold J. Toynbee's THE GERMAN TERROR IN FRANCE, London: Hodder & Stoughton,
1917, 212 pages and numerous illustrations plus all six maps still properly attached. This book
describes unbelievable devastation to French villages and French civilians. It makes the butchering in
Iraq look like a pleasure cruise."
of Arnold J. Toynbee's THE GERMAN TERROR IN FRANCE, London: Hodder & Stoughton,
1917, 212 pages and numerous illustrations plus all six maps still properly attached. This book
describes unbelievable devastation to French villages and French civilians. It makes the butchering in
Iraq look like a pleasure cruise."
Who could forget the 'German terror' in Africa?! Not
anybody soon. We keep being reminded. It's really almost
amusing since the propaganda at the left was put out by a
colonialist government that at one point in history had
almost a quarter of the earth's darker-complected people
squarely under its own bloody thumb.
anybody soon. We keep being reminded. It's really almost
amusing since the propaganda at the left was put out by a
colonialist government that at one point in history had
almost a quarter of the earth's darker-complected people
squarely under its own bloody thumb.
Known as Mary Annette Gräfin von Arnim, after she was widowed she married Bertrand Russell's
elder brother in 1916. She also had an affair with H. G. Wells. In the book, "Christine" explains her
experience with German culture in detailed letters helped to portray an unflattering picture of the
supposed state of mind of the German public: how the Germans all conform and develop bloodlust at
the thought of getting rich through war. "[The] Germans have gone mad… [The streets] seem full of
drunken people, shouting up and down with red faces all swollen with excitement.” Christine tells of
the incessant marching and the callousness of the "greedy, and pitiful” Germans. It was a big hit, and
when it was found to be a hoax, the pundits still oozed out their blessings on the bound pack of lies.
elder brother in 1916. She also had an affair with H. G. Wells. In the book, "Christine" explains her
experience with German culture in detailed letters helped to portray an unflattering picture of the
supposed state of mind of the German public: how the Germans all conform and develop bloodlust at
the thought of getting rich through war. "[The] Germans have gone mad… [The streets] seem full of
drunken people, shouting up and down with red faces all swollen with excitement.” Christine tells of
the incessant marching and the callousness of the "greedy, and pitiful” Germans. It was a big hit, and
when it was found to be a hoax, the pundits still oozed out their blessings on the bound pack of lies.
American millionaire, Fritz von Frantzius had cranked out the equally successful
"The Book of Truth and Facts" in 1916; The public loved the tell-all, first person
accounts of the wicked German character and these books were eagerly promoted.
We had "Degenerate Germany" by Henry de Halsalle, "The Peril of Prussianism"
and "My German correspondence; concerning Germany's responsibility for the war
and for the method of its conduct, being a letter from a German professor together
with a reply and foreword" (whew!) by Douglas Wilson Johnson and "Germanism
from Within" by A. D McLaren.
"The Book of Truth and Facts" in 1916; The public loved the tell-all, first person
accounts of the wicked German character and these books were eagerly promoted.
We had "Degenerate Germany" by Henry de Halsalle, "The Peril of Prussianism"
and "My German correspondence; concerning Germany's responsibility for the war
and for the method of its conduct, being a letter from a German professor together
with a reply and foreword" (whew!) by Douglas Wilson Johnson and "Germanism
from Within" by A. D McLaren.
Academic historians like Professors William Roscoe Thayer ("Germany vs. Civilization : notes on the
atrocious war"), Munroe Smith, Charles Downer Hazen and Albert Bushnell Hart gave an aura of
"scholarly" respectability to this vulgar, coarse, emotional, Germanophobic propaganda. Thayer
(1859–1923) was, for example, a Harvard educated American author elected to The American
Academy of Arts and Letters in 1914, and he received honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale,
Brown, and other universities. A guy like that would never lie!
atrocious war"), Munroe Smith, Charles Downer Hazen and Albert Bushnell Hart gave an aura of
"scholarly" respectability to this vulgar, coarse, emotional, Germanophobic propaganda. Thayer
(1859–1923) was, for example, a Harvard educated American author elected to The American
Academy of Arts and Letters in 1914, and he received honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale,
Brown, and other universities. A guy like that would never lie!
The 1917 book "Christine" by "Alice Cholmondeley" was one of the most successful
propaganda books because it gave people an "inside look" at the bad character of the
average German. Published by the Macmillian Company in 1917, it presented a
compilation of letters from a young English girl studying in Germany just before the
outbreak of the war. The British promoted the fictional book. The author was actually
British novelist, Elizabeth Russell, who was once married to a minor German noble.
propaganda books because it gave people an "inside look" at the bad character of the
average German. Published by the Macmillian Company in 1917, it presented a
compilation of letters from a young English girl studying in Germany just before the
outbreak of the war. The British promoted the fictional book. The author was actually
British novelist, Elizabeth Russell, who was once married to a minor German noble.
Another 1918 Creel booklet talks about "The Kaiserite In America - One Hundred
and One German Lies". Contents include a list of 101 German whoppers.
and One German Lies". Contents include a list of 101 German whoppers.
"German Plans for the Next War" by J.W. Gardiner; Doubleday, 1918,
was another scare book detailing various nefarious plots and intrigues
for German world dominion. The seller says it is a "boldly prophetic
and highly informative read" (maybe to an imbecile!).
was another scare book detailing various nefarious plots and intrigues
for German world dominion. The seller says it is a "boldly prophetic
and highly informative read" (maybe to an imbecile!).
The Bafflers above had help from a gangly kid who saved the world from the
Huns in "Dave Darrin and the German Submarines" by H. Irving Hancock, 1919.
This kid (who likely wouldn't even take out the family garbage) is rounding up
Germans masquerading as Mexicans. One of hundreds of kids' serial books both
sold and distributed in schools and libraries by the Creel commission, it's jam-
packed with hunisms and krautisms. It was a sign of patriotism for kids to have
these little books crammed in their backpack...even when the war was over.
Huns in "Dave Darrin and the German Submarines" by H. Irving Hancock, 1919.
This kid (who likely wouldn't even take out the family garbage) is rounding up
Germans masquerading as Mexicans. One of hundreds of kids' serial books both
sold and distributed in schools and libraries by the Creel commission, it's jam-
packed with hunisms and krautisms. It was a sign of patriotism for kids to have
these little books crammed in their backpack...even when the war was over.
Boy, the Germans sure had a lot of English nannies for folks who
supposedly regarded the British as their mortal enemies! Sometimes they
even entrusted an "English-American" (?) governess to rear their young (or
maybe we should say their spawn).
supposedly regarded the British as their mortal enemies! Sometimes they
even entrusted an "English-American" (?) governess to rear their young (or
maybe we should say their spawn).
Kids got in on the act thanks to government sponsored out-of-work writers.
Smart kids could always "baffle" the Germans if they couldn't battle them.
Smart kids could always "baffle" the Germans if they couldn't battle them.
For a mere shilling one could buy the 1916 'Scraps of Paper' on the left
with genuine German Proclamations in Belgium and France, complete with a
foreward by Ian Malcolm, M.P. who tells us: "The following pages contain
reproductions of a series of inhuman documents, the careful perusal of which
may do something to supplement our exisisting information concerning the
actual conditions under which hundreds of thousands of our gallant Allies are
now living - if "living" be the appropriate word to denote so precarious an
existence" and "Such documents require no explanation and no comment.
They are reduced photographic facsimilies of posters and placards, pasted by
the Germans on the walls of cities, towns and villages in invaded France and
Flanders. The originals are in my possession." These "German" posters were
of course printed with an alleged English translation.
with genuine German Proclamations in Belgium and France, complete with a
foreward by Ian Malcolm, M.P. who tells us: "The following pages contain
reproductions of a series of inhuman documents, the careful perusal of which
may do something to supplement our exisisting information concerning the
actual conditions under which hundreds of thousands of our gallant Allies are
now living - if "living" be the appropriate word to denote so precarious an
existence" and "Such documents require no explanation and no comment.
They are reduced photographic facsimilies of posters and placards, pasted by
the Germans on the walls of cities, towns and villages in invaded France and
Flanders. The originals are in my possession." These "German" posters were
of course printed with an alleged English translation.
