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Title	Ruins of famous church at Albert, France
Publisher	[United States] : Underwood & Underwood, [between 1914 and 1918?]
Physical Description	1 photograph : black and white ; 8 cm x 8 cm
Summary	"War is always destructive; that is its purpose and it can never be anything else. In wartime the savage and brutal in human nature is loosed from restraint. Mankind has made many advances in Christianity and civilization since those days when the barbarians first swept over the civilized world leaving ruin in their path, and civilized nations have bound themselves by certain rules for safeguarding even in wartime. In this great war it was appalling to see such rules set aside, and to realize that warfare today is just as ruthless and cruel as in the dark ages of long ago. Not only did the German soldier disregard the rules of war, but he seems to have done so under the explicit command of his superior officers, who are acting in accordance with the program of Germany's war lords. Private property of all kinds was looted or destroyed; mills and factories were dismantled; orchards were ruthlessly cut down, and even mines were flooded. In carrying out their policy of terrorism in the occupied parts of France and Belgium, the German mind seemed to take great delight in the battering down of such noted public buildings as the famous Cloth hall at Ypres... and the Library at Louvain. Cathedrals seem to have been a favorite target for their huge guns, and for battering down these sacred and historic edifices, the Teuton gunners seem to have considered it always an open season. Such destruction as that visited upon the wonderful Cathedral at Reims, or upon the beautiful church at Albert, was not only a blow struck at civilized warfare, but an affront to the artistic tastes of humanity."-Taken from back of resource
Notes	Title supplied on resource.; Date inferred from the range of the Hunter Collection (World War I, 1914-1918)
LC Subject Headings	Excavations (Archaeology) Ruins, Modern. Church buildings. Cathedrals. World War, 1914-1918. France.
Type	Image
Time Period	World War I (1914-1918)
Added Entry	Keystone View Company.
Personal Collection	WWI Hunter Collection
Call #	PHOTO 03358
Item #	703183
OCLC number	1028065021

Ruins of famous church at Albert, France

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