The press during the two world wars

1. The main archival fonds kept at CegeSoma and elsewhere  :

• The Belgian Warpress website will give you information on clandestine and censored press in Belgium during the two world wars.
  It will also allow you to consult directly:
  • All the censored and clandestine press for the First World War
  • Only the underground press for the Second World War (due to copyright legislation). The censored press is available in the reading room of CegeSoma.
• Many newspapers are also available at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and can be consulted online via Belgica Press.
• Many newspapers also have their own archive services. 
• Press organs linked to a specific party or movement are generally found in the archives that concern them.
• De Oorlogskranten and Les Journaux de Guerre are also interesting sources.
• To consult the archives related to the lawsuits against the publisher-owners and employees of these newspapers after the Second World War, please contact the National Archives 2 - Joseph Cuvelier repository via agr_ar_2@arch.be.

2. Where can I find additional information on the subject?

• DE BENS Els, De belgische dagbladpers onder duitse censuur 1940-1944, Nederlandsche Boekhandel, Antwerpen/Utrecht, 1973.
• DIOUDONNAT Pierre-Marie, L'argent nazi à la conquête de la presse française (1940-1944), Jean Picollec, Paris, 1981.

• KOSZYK, KURT, Deutsche Presse 1914-1945, Geschichte der deutschen Presse Teil 14, Colloquium Verlag, Berlin, 1972.