The Belgian press world was turned upside down by the German occupation. Most of the editorial offices of the news dailies ceased all activity or went abroad. Yet a press under censorship did continue to appear when the Germans set up a “''Pressezentrale''”' in 1915. This censored press underwent major transformations: Belgians were not dupes but wanted information at all costs. Meanwhile an underground press was established, of which ''La Libre Belgique'' was the most prestigious example. The Belgian newspapers in unoccupied Belgium disseminated a very patriotic discourse, particularly the French-speaking ones. This discourse had the effect of reawakening a Flemish press at the Front that was especially active in the trenches. Yet only a minority of the press was seduced by the German ''Flamenpolitik''. On the Walloon side, a protest press appeared. By the end of the war, the dominant discourse was ultra-patriotic and stressed the role played by journalists themselves. Starting in the 1930s, different ... : 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War ...