[PAR] [TLE] Max von Bahrfeldt [SEP] Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt, ennobled as von Bahrfeldt in 1913 (February 6, 1856, Willmine, District of Templin, Uckermark – April 11, 1936, Halle an der Saale) was a royal Prussian General of the infantry, a local historian, and a numismatist of world renown.  In the anglophone and francophone world, however, he was also notorious as the alleged perpetrator of atrocities in Charleroi, Belgium, during the German invasion of 1914. [PAR] [TLE] Rape of Belgium [SEP] The Rape of Belgium was the German mistreatment of civilians during the invasion and subsequent occupation of Belgium during World War I.  The term initially had a propaganda use but recent historiography confirms its reality.  One modern author uses it more narrowly to describe a series of German war crimes in the opening months of the war (August–September 1914).
[PAR] [TLE] Max von Bahrfeldt [ SEP ] Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt , ennobled as von Bahrfeldt in 1913 ( February 6 , 1856 , Willmine , District of Templin , Uckermark – April 11 , 1936 , Halle an der Saale ) was a royal Prussian General of the infantry , a local historian , and a numismatist of world renown . In the anglophone and francophone world , however , he was also notorious as the alleged perpetrator of atrocities in Charleroi , Belgium , during the German invasion of 1914 . [PAR] [TLE] Rape of Belgium [ SEP ] The Rape of Belgium was the German mistreatment of civilians during the invasion and subsequent occupation of Belgium during World War I. The term initially had a propaganda use but recent historiography confirms its reality . One modern author uses it more narrowly to describe a series of German war crimes in the opening months of the war ( August – September 1914 ) .
What Prussian General gained notoriety during the Rape of Belgium?
What Prussian General gained notoriety during the Rape of Belgium ?
Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt
Max Ferdinand Bahrfeldt