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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Proclamation Poster
CWM 19940001-336
Canada and the First World War
