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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 Fr... Mehr ...