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Rammler, soldat allemand, fusillé pour avoir refusé de tirer sur Miss Edith Cavell: = Rammler, duitschen soldaat, gedood omdat hij geweigerd hadt te schieten op Miss Edith Cavell = Rammler, a german soldier shot for refusing to fire on Miss Edith Cavell

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):
Rammler, duitschen soldaat, gedood omdat hij geweigerd hadt te schieten op Miss Edith Cavell and Rammler, a german soldier shot for refusing to fire on Miss Edith Cavell
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Photo F. MAT (Publisher), publisher.
Publication:
Forest, [Belgium] : Photo F. Mat, [1919?]
Language(s):
English
Dutch
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Military Personnel
Cadaver
Nurses
World War I
Belgium
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This black and white photographic postcard shows the corpse of a man in an open coffin. It purports to be the body of a German soldier named Rammler, who was executed for refusing to fire on the English nurse Edith Cavell at her execution on October 12, 1915 in Belgium. The true identity of the soldier and whether he in fact even existed are disputed.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 15 x 10 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101746589 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101746589