The German White Book

The German White Book (German: Das Deutsche Weißbuch) was a publication by the German government of 1914 documenting their claims for the causes of World War I.[1][2]

cover from The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Its price was 30 Pfennig and its full title was:

Das Deutsche Weißbuch

über den Ausbruch des

deutsch-russisch-französischen Krieges

(translation: The German White Book about the outbreak of the German-Russian-French war)

The book contained extracts of diplomatic material intended to portray the war's cause to other sources. The other combatants also published similar books: The Blue Book of Britain and The Orange Book of Russia.[1]

The book comprised two sections:

  • "How Russia and Her Ruler Betrayed Germany's Confidence and Thereby Caused the European War"
  • "How the German-Franco Conflict Might have been Avoided"

and an Appendix with communications between Prince Lichnowsky and Sir Edward Grey.

See also

References
  1. "German White Book". United Kingdom: The National Archives. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. B.W. Huebsch, The German Army in Belgium: The White Book of May 1915 (1921).

Further reading
  • Horne, John, and Alan Kramer. German atrocities, 1914: a history of denial (Yale University Press, 2001).
  • Huebsch, B.W. The German Army in Belgium: The White Book of May 1915 (1921).
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