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The bodies in the foreground are waiting to be thrown into the fire. Another picture shows one of the places in the forest where people undress before 'showering'—as they were told—and then go to the gas-chambers. Send film roll as fast as you can. Send the enclosed photos to Tell—we think enlargements of the photos can be sent further. [26]
The Missiria executions (Greek: Εκτελέσεις στα Μισίρια), also referred to as Perivolia executions (Greek: Εκτελέσεις στα Περιβόλια), was the mass execution by firing squad of Greek civilians on the beach of Missiria in Rethymno, Crete, Greece by German paratroopers on 23 and 24 May 1941 during World War II.
On 1 December 1945 Anton Dostler, the first German general to be tried for war crimes, was executed by a U.S. firing squad in Aversa after being found guilty by a U.S. military tribunal of ordering the killing of 15 U.S. prisoners of war in Italy during World War II. The last execution took place on 4 March 1947, as Francesco La Barbera ...
Firing squad James C.Thomas September 25, 1945 Philippines: Hanging Charles M. Robinson September 28, 1945 European Theater ** Blake W. Mariano October 10, 1945 Sidney Bennerman October 15, 1945 Firing squad Woodrow Parker Ozell Louis Philippines: Hanging Charlie Ervin, Jr. October 19, 1945 Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II ** Firing ...
The Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph is a prominent depiction of the Holocaust in Ukraine, on the Eastern Front of World War II. Dated to 1942, it shows a soldier aiming his rifle at a woman who is trying to shield a child with her body, portraying one of numerous genocidal killings carried out against Jews by the Einsatzgruppen within ...
Pages in category "People executed by the British military by firing squad" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Skourvoula executions (Greek: εκτελέσεις στα Σκούρβουλα) refer to the mass execution by firing squad of 36 civilians, of which 22 were women, at the village of Skourvoula in Crete, Greece by German Wehrmacht forces on 14 August 1944 during World War II.
Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was a United States Army soldier during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War. [1] [2] Although over 21,000 American soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including ...