proclamation poster, PROCLAMATION
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proclamation poster, PROCLAMATION

Artifact Number
19940001-336
Date Made
1915/10/12
Earliest
1915/10/12
Latest
1915/10/12
Sub-Category
advertising medium
Classification
Posters
Inscription
PROCLAMATION The Tribunal of the Imperial German Council of War sitting at Brussels has pronounced the following sentences: Condemned to death for conspiracy to commit treason: Edith Cavell, Teacher of Brussel Phillippe Bancq, Architect of Brussels Jeanne de Belleville, of Montignies Louise Thuiliez, Professor, of Lile Louis Severin, Druggist, of Brussels Albert Libiez, Advocate, of Mons. For the same offence, there have been condemned to fifteen years hard labour: Herman Capiau, Engineer, of Wasmes; Ada Boart, of Brussels; Georges Derveau, Druggist, of Paturages; Mary de Croy, of Bellignies. At the same session, the Council of War condemned seventeen others accused of treason against the Imperial Armies, to sentences of penal servitude and imprisonment, varying from tow years to eight years. So far as respects Bancq and Edith Cavell judgment has already been fully executed. The Governor General of Brussels brings these facts to the knowledge of the people in order that they may serve as a warning. GENERAL VON BISSING Governor of the Town Brussels, 12th Oct., 1915
Medium
ink
Support
paper
Service
civil
land
Service Component
German Army
Measurements
Height 45.5 cm, Width 34.0 cm
Place Of Origin
EuropeBelgiumBrussels
Additional Information
A Proclamation of the Tribunal of the Imperial German Council of War in Brussels, announcing the sentences of ten individuals charged with treason. The list includes the death sentence of British nurse Edith Cavell, noted to have already been executed. The notification was posted in Brussels as a warning to the people against disobedience and attacks on German occupation forces. Cavell became a martyr throughout the outraged British Empire, which portrayed her execution as an example of German barbarism.

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