Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: PLANET NEWS LTD.
Event Date: 1945-06-07
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.283342

Inscriptions:
Certified by: PLANET NEWS Ltd / 3 Johnson's court FLEET STREET, E.C.4AS PASSED BY CENSOR.Captions: Verso: Execution / Suicides / U.S. OFFICIAL PHOTO EA 69326 XL / Distributed through O:W.I.NAZI YOUTH EXECUTED FOR ESPIONAGEPHOTO SHOWS: -- A firing squad of /U.S. military police execute / 16-year-old Heinz Petry. of Alsdorf, Nazi youth convicted of / espionage upon U.S. troops. The / execution took place at / Braunschweig, Germany. /Planet June 7, 1945 PNMarkings:Verso: Execution / Suicides / U.S. OFFICIAL PHOTO EA 69326 XL / Distributed through O:W.I.NAZI YOUTH EXECUTED FOR ESPIONAGEPHOTO SHOWS: -- A firing squad of /U.S. military police execute / 16-year-old Heinz Petry. of Alsdorf, Nazi youth convicted of / espionage upon U.S. troops. The / execution took place at / Braunschweig, Germany. /Planet June 7, 1945 PN

Tagasauris Keywords: 1940s; Aerial View; Alsdorf; Braunschweig; Capital punishment; Day; Espionage; Execution by firing squad; Firearm; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Helmet; Male; Military; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Shadow; Shooting; Soldier; United States Armed Forces; Unrest, conflicts and war; War; World War II; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: MILITARY CONFLICT / WWII
Retouching: N