The burning of this library is synonymous with the number of Belgians killed during the First World War. The civilian casualties were 62,000, who died as a results of being shot by the Germans, or died of starvation and disease. The library itself lost 300,000 books, including Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts. Yet, there was no international tribunal over these war crimes committed. If there was, then the atrocities of World War II could have been thwarted.
The burning of this library is synonymous with the number of Belgians killed during the First World War. The civilian casualties were 62,000, who died as a results of being shot by the Germans, or died of starvation and disease. The library itself lost 300,000 books, including Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts. Yet, there was no international tribunal over these war crimes committed. If there was, then the atrocities of World War II could have been thwarted.
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