Among the items in my NS publication collection, there is the difficult to find title, Documente polnischer Grausamkeit. This was published by the German Foreign office, Berlin, 1940 in an attempt to detail the atrocities committed by the Polish population and authorities against the German minority living in Poland.
I also have the English language version of the report entitled, Polish Acts of Atrocity against the German Minority in Poland. This was published by the German Library of Information, New York, 1940 and was printed in the USA.
There is a glaring difference between the German language version and the English version. The pictures of the Germans allegedly killed by the Poles in the German version are gruesome to say the least. The English version was sanitized.
I have scanned the covers of the German and English language editions. I have also scanned 2 pictures from the English edition that have appeared in several post war publication. What remains to be scanned are examples of the atrocity pictures contained in the German edition.
I don't want to offend other forum members. If there is interest in seeing some of the pictures the Foreign Ofice offered as copmplelling evidence to support the sending of German soldiers to war in Poland, I will do so.
The pictures are horrific and will rival anything that has been shown on the Forum to day.
Please let me know if there is sufficient interest to show these pictures. This is a very interesting publication of more than passing historical interest not often seen today.
I also have the English language version of the report entitled, Polish Acts of Atrocity against the German Minority in Poland. This was published by the German Library of Information, New York, 1940 and was printed in the USA.
There is a glaring difference between the German language version and the English version. The pictures of the Germans allegedly killed by the Poles in the German version are gruesome to say the least. The English version was sanitized.
I have scanned the covers of the German and English language editions. I have also scanned 2 pictures from the English edition that have appeared in several post war publication. What remains to be scanned are examples of the atrocity pictures contained in the German edition.
I don't want to offend other forum members. If there is interest in seeing some of the pictures the Foreign Ofice offered as copmplelling evidence to support the sending of German soldiers to war in Poland, I will do so.
The pictures are horrific and will rival anything that has been shown on the Forum to day.
Please let me know if there is sufficient interest to show these pictures. This is a very interesting publication of more than passing historical interest not often seen today.
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