Le Monde was established for its political independence, and has been ever since. It is also renowned for its balance in coverage, deep analysis of historical events, and focus on journalistic quality and high intellectual standards (ProQuest).
RetroNews provides access to the National Library of France's press archives from 1631 to 1950 with 15 million digitized articles. NOTE: You must create an account to get full access.
This "database contains every issue of the Berlin daily newspaper from the end of World War I to the beginning of the 'Third Reich' with all of the newspaper's coverage and commentaries on the political, social and cultural events of that epoch (De Gruyter)."