Dr David Clarke from Sheffield Hallam University looks at a
The corpse factory and the birth of fake news
Think fake news is a new phenomenon? Think again. Dr David Clarke from Sheffield Hallam University looks at a 100 year old story that fooled the canadian goose jacket world.
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A cartoon published soon afterwards by Punch presented the ghoulish story with the caption “cannon fodder and after”.
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canada goose clothing uk ‘Captions swapped’It was in 1925 that Sir Austen Chamberlain admitted, in a Commons statement, there was “never any foundation” for what he called “this false report”. canada goose clothing uk
canada goose outlet in toronto In the same year the Conservative MP John Charteris who served as head of intelligence reportedly admitted, while on a lecture tour of the US, that he had fabricated the canadagoosediscount story. canada goose outlet in toronto
The New York Times revealed how Charteris said he had transposed captions from one of two photographs found on captured German soldiers. One showed a train taking dead horses to be rendered, the other showed a train taking dead soldiers for burial.
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On his return to Britain, Charteris denied making the remarks. Since that time, no one has been able to discover the photographs or any clear documentary evidence that would prove the canada goose coats on sale intelligence services connived with the press to promote the corpse factory lie.
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canada goose outlet kokemuksia The black and white image, dated 17 September 1917, clearly shows bodies of German soldiers, tied in bundles, resting on a train behind the front line just as Charteris had described in 1925. The letter from MI7, the military’s propaganda unit, offers the War Office “a photograph of Kadavers, forwarded by General Charteris for propaganda purposes”. One of their most talented agents was Major Canada Goose Coats On Sale Hugh Pollard who combined his work in the propaganda department with the role of special correspondent for the Daily Express. canada goose outlet kokemuksia
canada goose kensington parka uk After the war Pollard confessed his role in spreading the corpse factory lie to his cousin, Ivor Montague. canada goose kensington parka uk
Writing in buy canada goose jacket 1970, Montague recalled “we laughed at his cleverness when he told us how his department had launched the account of the German corpse factories and of how the Hun was using the myriads of trench war casualties for making soap and margarine.”
canada goose parka outlet uk But lies have consequences. During the 1930s the corpse factory lie was used by the Nazis as proof of British lies during the Great cheap Canada Goose War. canada goose parka outlet uk
canada goose outlet germany Historians Joachim Neander and Randal Marlin remind us how these false stories “encouraged later disbelief when early reports circulated about the Holocaust under Hitler”. canada goose outlet germany
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