German Atrocities: Their Nature and Philosophy

"German Atrocities: Their Nature and Philosophy" by Newell Dwight Hillis is a historical record from the time of World War I, detailing the harsh and cruel acts committed by German soldiers. The book explores the terrible things that happened in Belgium and France, backed by stories, pictures, and official reports, which suggest a planned campaign of violence against regular people. Hillis explains that he was driven to look into these atrocities by scary stories from people who had escaped Belgium. He wanted to check these stories carefully by doing research and seeing things for himself, which led him to visit places damaged by the war to hear from those who lived through it. He stresses that there is lots of proof about these atrocities, coming from different sources like children's stories and soldiers' personal diaries, and it makes us question the morality of these actions during war.