How did German censorship affect the books Paul de Man reviewed for Le Soir?

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During his time as a book reviewer for the newspaper Le Soir under German occupation, Paul de Man operated under significant censorship that strictly limited the material he could review.

The newspaper itself was subject to direct oversight, with a German officer stationed in the city room to vet its content. Furthermore, de Man was restricted by a powerful preliminary censorship process based in Paris. As a result of these measures, he only received books to review that had already been vetted and approved by German authorities.1