Picture No | 10219849 |
Date | 1944 |
Description | Laying flowers on the gallows at Breendonck, Belgium; Second |
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Photograph showing Dutch civilians laying flowers on the gallows at Breendonck fort, Belgium, 1944. This fort, situated between Brussels and Antwerp, was used by Nazi security services during their occupation of Belgium between 1940-44. As such, it was the scene of many Nazi atrocities; the gallows shown had a long drop, designed to slowly strangle victims to death.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1944. top centre of page 441. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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