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"The Belgian Massacres. To the Workmen of Europe and the United States " is a minor political pamphlet written by Karl Marx in May 1869. In it, Marx responds to the violent repression of strikes which had occurred in Belgium the previous month.
- French; English
- Karl Marx
- 12 May 1869
- "The Civil War in France" (1871)
Victims. 120,000 subjected to forced labour and deported to Germany [1] [2] Perpetrators. Imperial German Army. The Rape of Belgium was a series of systematic war crimes, especially mass murder and deportation, by German troops against Belgian civilians during the invasion and occupation of Belgium during World War I .
- 4 August 1914-23 November 1918
- Belgium
- At least 23,700 killed
- Imperial German Army
First published: as a leaflet, The Belgian Massacres. To the Workmen of Europe and the United States, May 1869. Marx wrote this address to the workers of Europe and the United States following the bloody events in Belgium in April 1869. On April 20, the General Council heard the report of Eugen Hins, of the Belgian Federal Council of the ...
From 1885 to 1908, many atrocities were committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour policies, enforced by colonial administrators, used to collect natural rubber for export.
The game speaks to a lazy stereotype among Britons that Belgium is a country without history or character, lost somewhere between France and Germany. How extraordinary it was to discover, then, that one of this small state’s kings was also one of history’s greatest mass murderers.
12. Juni 2020 · 12 June 2020. By Georgina Rannard & Eve Webster,BBC News. Getty Images. Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo...
13. Mai 1999 · Was Belgium's King Leopold II a mass murderer on a par with Hitler or a greedy despot who turned a blind eye to a few excesses? A new book has ignited a furious row in a country coming to grips...
