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Description: | image: To the left of centre of the composition a group of three German soldiers. Two, facing the viewer hold a kneeling
priest by the arms and the back of the head. The third soldier, his back toward the viewer, but his face in profile, holds a knife in his
right hand and the priest's nose in his left having that moment removed it. On the ground, in front of the priest, lie his amputated ears
in a pool of blood. In the backgrounds to the right, a German officer holds back a small party of parishioners. This military stereotype,
complete with greatcoat, monocle and decorations, holds in his left hand, the right wrist of a female villager who covers her face,
weeping. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | civilian personnel Military Personnel German invasion of Belgium and France Religion Torture propaganda Atrocities and War Crimes Imperial German Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Domergue, Jean-Gabriel | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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