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.2005.117821

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: French traitor shot; handwritten: France 45; handwritten: 3 3//4 [crossed out]; handwritten: 16 [circled]; handwritten: x [circled]; handwritten: 16 [circled] [crossed out]; handwritten: 13 [crossed out]; handwritten: 17 [crossed out]; handwritten: 52 + [circled] [crossed out]; attached inscription, typed: (I4 bis) [crossed out] The twelve shots have just been fired, There is a general rush: the commanding / Officer of the firing-squad, revolver in handxx (for the “coup de grace” – shot / of mercy), the medical-officer, an F.F.I with a blanket and myself.; handwritten: 214; stamped: [illeg.]; stamped: OA12217; handwritten: Copyright by:; stamped: PHOTO / J. PH. CHARBONNIER / DROITS ET NOM EXIGES; stamped: [star shape] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; stamped: PASSED FOR PUBLICATION / 133 / 16MAR1945 / Name 7 [handwritten] No. [typed] 124 [handwritten] / SHAEF / [FIELD] PASSED CENSOR

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII FRANCE / TRAITOR (TRIALS) EXECUTIONS
Retouching: N