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The "Corpse-Conversion Factory"-rumor Supposedly the most famous British atrocity story concerning the Germans during World War I was the "Corpse-Conversion Factory"-rumor; it was said the Germans produced soap out of corpses. A story, which got so well believed that it was repeated for years - without a clear evidence of reality at that time. (Taylor, Munitions of the Mind, p.180) browse Report: Disinformation and Democracy     Abstract  ... -3   New Forms of Propaganda (in the 19th Century) -2   World War I ... -1   The British Propaganda Campaign in World War I 0   The "Corpse-Conversion Factory"-rumor +1   U.S.-Propaganda in World War I +2   World War II ... +3   The Post-World-War II-period      ... Conclusion  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Philip M. Taylor Munitions of the Mind. A history of propaganda from the ancient world to the present era. Manchester 1995 (2nd ed.) This book gives a quite detailed insight on the tools and tasks of propaganda in European and /or Western history. Starting with ancient times the author goes up till the Gulf War and the meaning of propaganda today. In all those different eras propaganda was transporting similar messages, even when technical possibilities had not been fairly as widespread as today. Taylor's book is leading the reader through those different periods, trying to show the typical elements of each one.