The Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contempory Society ( CEGESOMA ) initiates a project in order to publish online censored newspapers of the First World War.

From tomorrow, it will be possible to read the censored newspapers of the First World War at home. They will be available on The Belgian War Press website, where the clandestine press of the two world wars is already accessible.

The Germans introduced the press censorship during the fall of 1914. Yet, newspapers continued to appear. They inform the people about the war and covered a variety of topics such as daily life, the severe food shortage or the monetary chaos. The censored press also illustrates how the war was presented to the population.

New search methods have also been developed in this online publication. The reader can discover the papers day after day like a printed version. But he can aslo search for a specific term. It becomes really easy and fast to find informations about an event in a certain place.

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