Recently I was in Brussel, so I visited the Brussel City Museum, which at the moment has a special exhibition about the WWI. It is connected to the period when the city was under the control of German authorities after Belgium was occupied in the august of 1914. The exhibition provided many caricatures showing contemporary opinions on everyday life in the city.
The general mobilisation of Brussels citizens.
The Belgian reaction on the German ultimatum demanding the movement of German troops through Belgium which was against Belgium's status as a neutral country.
The German Huns
A Belgian soldier from the colony of Congo telling his family about the savage Europeans.
Rationing card for butter.
The Queue.
Wartime board game. It shows the difficulties such as black market and police controls during the time of rationing.
Rationing coupon for soup and bread.
Pictures above and below. Caricatures of Belgian men being forced to work in Germany during the war.
Geography lesson on the left. Which country has the most significant numbers of pigs? Answer: Germany.
The map of Europe.
A propaganda leaf from the Germany army. The message was that the German soldiers were under attack from the civilian shooters during the campaign in Belgium. This was a way of justifying the measures taken by the army towards the civilians, such as using hostages during urban fighting and execution of suspected shooters.
The general mobilisation of Brussels citizens.
A Belgian soldier from the colony of Congo telling his family about the savage Europeans.
Rationing card for butter.
Wartime board game. It shows the difficulties such as black market and police controls during the time of rationing.
Rationing coupon for soup and bread.
Pictures above and below. Caricatures of Belgian men being forced to work in Germany during the war.
Geography lesson on the left. Which country has the most significant numbers of pigs? Answer: Germany.
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