Picture No | 10219146 |
Date | June 1871 |
Description | Execution of Communards at La Roquette Prison; Paris Commune |
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Supporters of the Commune being summarily executed in La Roquette Prison. These executions were carried out in revenge for the killing of two Versailles army generals at the beginning of the conflict.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News, 17 June 1871, page 584 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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