Prussian System Exposed War Crimes and Slavery Claims
The account traces alleged German policy of starving occupied regions and exploiting conquered peoples. It cites official statements by General von Kries and General von Bissing describing starvation as a tool to displace populations, extract labor, and justify German rule. The piece also reports alleged widespread sexual violence against captive women and notes restrictions on prisoners’ spending.
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Fn Cane
I. C. Walcott
United States Food Administration
Sloover
America
Belgium
Poland
France
Mr. Walcott
Germany
Serbia
Roumada
Lt Way
Erica
Enda
von Kries
East
West
East Prussia
von Bissing
Germania
Murder of Ration by Ruthless Runs Across Poland
F C Walcott describes witnessing horrors on the Warsaw to Pinsk road during 1916 German invasion. He details starvation, corpse strewn roads, bodies used for fertilizer, and refugee camps with scant rations, portraying a brutal Prussian system and urging aid to Belgian and Polish victims.
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T. CG. Walcott
Ioover
America
Belgium
Poland
Warsaw
Pinsk
Silbetlat
Paderewell Committee
Tiurope
Chailey
Soldier Dies In France After German Helmet Incident
Corporal Leo Comer of the Twenty third United States infantry was killed in Wo Mans Land, France while on patrol. He had sent a German helmet to his sister Miss Cecelia Comer, promised as a younger brother gesture, but was later informed of a disappointment until American forces reach Berlin. A fellow soldier picked up a shell helmet and fell, the helmet having been electrically charged by the Germans.
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Shamokin
Pat Wilting
Wo Mans Land
France
Leo Comer
Twenty Third
United States Infantry
Cecelia Comer
Comer
Ao Warrelle
Wibling
Deilin
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