Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: Charbonnier, J.P.
Event Date: 1945-??-??
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.117791

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: French traitor shot; handwritten: France 45; attached inscription, typed: (12) 17 [handwritten over 12] Nitard [typed] waits while the order “ Take aim “ rings out. In front of him the wall of the / barracks has been bolstered with sandbags and matresses [sic], to prevent bullets from / ricocheting. To the left the door through which the firing squad and the prisoner / have just marched out into the public square.; handwritten: Copyright by:; stamped: PHOTO / J. PH. CHARBONNIER / DROITS [illeg.]; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / [GRAYBAR] BUILDING, NEW YORK; stamped: PASSED FOR PUBLICATION / 133 / 16MAR1945; handwritten: 7; handwritten: 124; handwritten: 12 [circled] [crossed out]; stamped: OA12217; handwritten: 14

Tagasauris Keywords: 1 person; Capital punishment; Day; Execution by firing squad; France; Full length; Male; Outdoors; Soil; Treason; Unrest, conflicts and war; World War II; World War II; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII FRANCE / TRAITOR (TRIALS) EXECUTIONS
Retouching: N