Picture No | 10005962 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Trial of Edith Cavell, English nurse |
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Edith Cavell (1865 - 1915), English nurse, who was tried and executed by the Germans for helping soldiers escape -- 'The parody of justice at the court of German Kultur'. The nurse stands before a skeletal figure of death, sitting in judgement on her, with a sword in his hand, and blood staining the German eagle in front of him.
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Source | postcard by T Corbell |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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