Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1945-01-01
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.117782

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: WWII / France War Trail; attached inscription, typed: LEGLESS WAR HERO CHARGED WITH TREASON IN FRENCH COURTS, / Jean Giot, an Inspector of Special Brigades, and a war hero / decorated for bravery during the war by General Leclerc, is the / central figure in a sensational trial in the Paris High Court of / Justice, where he is charged with having had intelligence with the / enemy. Giot lost both his legs as a result of being badly wounded / in action before Strasbourg. / PHOTO SHOWS:- Jean Giot, carried into the High Court in Paris, on / a stretcher. / FP January 1st 1945 PN.; stamped: PLANET NEWS LTD. / 3 JOHNSON’S COURT. / FLEET STREET, E.C.4. / PHONE: CENTRAL 3671//3; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK

Tagasauris Keywords: 5 or more people; Day or night unknown; France; Indoors; Kepi; Treason; Trial; Uniform; Unrest, conflicts and war; World War II; World War II
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII FRANCE / TRAITOR (TRIALS) EXECUTIONS
Retouching: N