Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 102 Massart, Jean 1865 1925 La Presse Clandestine dans la Belgique Occupée Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Credits: Renald Levesque and PG Distributed Proofreaders "La Presse Clandestine dans la Belgique Occupée" by Jean Massart is a historical account written during the early 20th century, specifically amid World War I. This work explores the underground publishing movement in Belgium during the German occupation, highlighting the resilience of the Belgian people against oppressive censorship and control. The book aims to shed light on how clandestine newspapers, pamphlets, and other printed materials served as vital tools for maintaining morale and disseminating unfiltered information across the occupied country. At the start of this volume, the author introduces the context of Belgium under German control, contrasting the oppressive atmosphere generated by the occupiers with the ingenuity and determination of the Belgian population. Massart shares his personal experiences with the underground press, establishing his credibility as a participant in this resistance effort. He elaborates on the transition from official censorship to the emergence of a vibrant, albeit dangerous, clandestine media landscape, which included smuggling newspapers and carefully crafted bulletins that countered German propaganda and maintained the spirit of the Belgian people during their struggles. In doing so, Massart highlights the interaction between the occupiers' attempts at controlling information and the Belgian people's resourceful responses, laying a foundation for the deeper exploration of resistance literature that follows in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Belgium -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918 Press -- Belgium DH Text FR Presse FR La Première Guerre Mondiale, 1914-1918 Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 951568 943949 2024-10-05T07:55:51.850012 2023-07-05T08:49:42.901760 text/html text/html 935652 2023-10-13T23:21:14 text/html 3233514 2024-10-05T07:56:24.594877 application/epub+zip 3251544 2024-10-05T07:56:05.164001 application/epub+zip 419969 2024-10-05T07:55:54.625018 application/epub+zip 4853900 2024-10-05T07:56:32.311839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4809143 2024-10-05T07:56:14.517896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 697279 2022-09-05T11:25:31.405487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 818381 818343 2024-10-05T07:55:49.104046 2023-10-05T08:04:14.684923 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 819807 2023-10-13T23:09:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18628 2024-10-05T07:56:32.452804 application/rdf+xml 16366 2024-10-05T07:55:55.239163 image/jpeg 3685 2024-10-05T07:55:54.933995 image/jpeg 4272937 2024-10-05T07:55:52.000009 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia