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UK / United Kingdom: 'Once a German-Always a German'. British Empire Union poster with nationalist-racist overtones, c. 1918

The British Empire Union (BEU) was created in the United Kingdom during World War I, in 1916, after changing its name from the Anti-German Union, which had been founded in 1915. Sir George Makgill was the BEU's Honorary Secretary and Lord Edward Illiffe was its treasurer. The BEU was anti-socialist and thought that the Labour Party would 'Bolshevise Britain' and argued for a paramilitary force to combat it. It was also associated with the antisemitism of Leopold Maxse. It held anti-German demonstrations in Hyde Park and elsewhere and is thought to have had around 10,000 members across fifty branches by the end of 1918. The BEU advocated 'wholesale internment' and received over 1,250,000 signatures on petition for this cause, which it presented to the Prime Minister. It also disrupted meetings of pacifist and civil liberties groups and produced anti-German posters.
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UK / United Kingdom: 'Once a German-Always a German'. British Empire Union poster with nationalist-racist overtones, c. 1918
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Traducción automática: La Unión del Imperio Británico (BEU) se creó en el Reino Unido durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, en 1916, después de cambiar su nombre de Unión Antialemana, que había sido fundada en 1915. Sir George Makgill fue el Secretario Honorario de la BEU y Lord Edward Illiffe era su tesorero. El BEU era antisocialista y pensaba que el Partido Laborista "bolchevizaría Gran Bretaña" y abogó por una fuerza paramilitar para combatirlo. También se asoció con el antisemitismo de Leopold Maxse. Celebró manifestaciones antialemanas en Hyde Park y otros lugares y se cree que a finales de 1918 contaba con alrededor de 10.000 miembros en cincuenta ramas. El BEU abogó por el "internamiento al por mayor" y recibió más de 1.250.000 firmas en una petición para esta causa, que presentó al Primer Ministro. También interrumpió reuniones de grupos pacifistas y de libertades civiles y produjo carteles antialemanes.
The British Empire Union (BEU) was created in the United Kingdom during World War I, in 1916, after changing its name from the Anti-German Union, which had been founded in 1915. Sir George Makgill was the BEU's Honorary Secretary and Lord Edward Illiffe was its treasurer. The BEU was anti-socialist and thought that the Labour Party would 'Bolshevise Britain' and argued for a paramilitary force to combat it. It was also associated with the antisemitism of Leopold Maxse. It held anti-German demonstrations in Hyde Park and elsewhere and is thought to have had around 10,000 members across fifty branches by the end of 1918. The BEU advocated 'wholesale internment' and received over 1,250,000 signatures on petition for this cause, which it presented to the Prime Minister. It also disrupted meetings of pacifist and civil liberties groups and produced anti-German posters.
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3266 x 5100 px | 47.7 MB
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27.7 x 43.2 cm | 10.9 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)
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