Unheard-of Brutality
Russian Atrocities against Civilians in East Prussia, 1914-1915
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3285172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Watson (0000-0003-2135-4556, Goldsmiths University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 780-825 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2801 • E-ISSN: 1537-5358 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/678919 |
| OpenAlex | W2013958552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 11 |
On August 11, 1914, a week and a half after war had broken out between Germany and Russia, a terrified crowd from the East Prussian border village of Radszen appeared at the office of the local district administrator. That morning, the people told him, there had been a clash between a German cavalry patrol and a larger Russian force in their village. When the Germans withdrew, the Russians had burned down almost every building and had "begun to beat us and to shoot at us." Four villagers had been killed, five wounded; the rest had fled in panic. 1 Similar accounts of violence against civilians multiplied once border skirmishes gave way to full-scale invasion in the middle of August. As tsarist troops poured across East Prussia's eastern and southern borders, penetrating deep into its interior, frightening reports of civilians tortured and murdered, officials arrested, and farms and villages set ablaze attracted the attention of state authorities. 2 On the eve of the Battle of Tannenberg, as East Prussia's fate hung in the balance, the Reich's alarmed deputy chancellor, Clemens Delbrck, telegraphed the Prussian government from Army General Headquarters: "Russians annihilating property and lives of population in the occupied areas with unheard-of brutality." 3 This article examines whether East Prussia did, in fact, suffer "unheard-of brutality" at Russian hands during the invasions of 1914-15. German
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |