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Description: | image: To the left of centre of the composition, a terrified father and his two frightened children. The father looks
agog, his left hand to his throat, at a scene which is only implied in the composition, ie the rape of his wife by a German soldier. The
brutality is represented by the shadow of the bed along the floor and on the wall at the lower right. It also includes the silhouette of a
German pickelhaube. The father's two children, a boy and a girl, cling to him desperately, their backs turned toward the
viewer. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | women / womens work civilian personnel Military Personnel German invasion of Belgium and France children Family looting / destruction 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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