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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)




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-3   New Forms of Propaganda (in the 19th Century)
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-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
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