I bought this newspaper the other day at a French flea market. It’s from 2 November 1918, the end of WWI, published 7 days before the Kaiser abdicated and 9 days before the armistice.
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Le Rire (the laughter) was a humorous newspaper which existed from 1894 to 1971.
This special edition on “The German peace” isn’t exactly funny though, but full of really, really dark humour.
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Looking through it, 100 years later, on this nice French village market place, in the sun, I actually shivered. (3)

See for instance this collection of German peace articles for sale.
Such as “Democracy”:
“A copy of the Trojan horse. Helps Germany to gain the trust of its naive enemies.“ (4)

Or the “Red Cross: Cute sign that designates targets for German army aircraft and artillery” (5)

“Church: Game of destruction. Complete with priests, women and children. Burns and collapses automatically. Very funny damily game. German specialty.” (6)

(Just typing this stuff is sending a shiver down my spine) (7)

“German peace is made out of steel, fille with gunpowder. ... Works guaranteed for 10 years.” (8)

Many of the drawings are about the feeling of deep injustice in the (expected) peace.
Like this series:
“The German says...
...let’s exchange prisoners. Ours are fat, great. Yours are starving - well, that’s war” (9)

“... of course, our factories are intact and ready to start working, our fields are in good shape, great. Your factories are in ruins and your fields destroyed - well, that’s war.”

“The German peace: it’s again and always war”

The newspaper ends with this final drawing on its back:
“What, you dare coming back in this garden that you have turned into a cemetery? Leave. The France that you mutilated does not want to see you again.”

This was only 100 years ago. And this was only the 1st of the World Wars in which Germany &France fought each other.
I am reading this as a German who studied in France, whose grandfather was in France as an occupation soldier.
It makes me incredibly thankful for European peace.