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Site of a number of graves of executed prisoners inside Crumlin Road Gaol, a Victorian prison modelled on Pentonville in London. Stock Photo

RMH99WBT–Site of a number of graves of executed prisoners inside Crumlin Road Gaol, a Victorian prison modelled on Pentonville in London.

Serbian prisoners of war are arranged in a semi-circle and executed by an Austrian firing squad, 1917 (World War I). Stock Photo

RMFN5F15–Serbian prisoners of war are arranged in a semi-circle and executed by an Austrian firing squad, 1917 (World War I).

. English: The bodies of prisoners executed by the Ustasa in Jasenovac. August 1941 – April 1945 19 Executed prisoners in Jasenovac Stock Photo

RMP2D61P–. English: The bodies of prisoners executed by the Ustasa in Jasenovac. August 1941 – April 1945 19 Executed prisoners in Jasenovac

The Death Wall was where thousands of Polish prisoners were executed. Block 11 was a punishment, torture and execution prison inside Auschwitz I Conce Stock Photo

RM2AEH76R–The Death Wall was where thousands of Polish prisoners were executed. Block 11 was a punishment, torture and execution prison inside Auschwitz I Conce

The bodies of prisoners executed by the Ustasa in Jasenovac. The Ustasa (Croatian Revolutionary Movement) or Ustase was a Croatian fascist organization, between 1929 and 1945. Jasenovac was a concentration and extermination camp established in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Stock Photo

RM2K0E5KK–The bodies of prisoners executed by the Ustasa in Jasenovac. The Ustasa (Croatian Revolutionary Movement) or Ustase was a Croatian fascist organization, between 1929 and 1945. Jasenovac was a concentration and extermination camp established in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.

[The prisons of Paris] Prison Saint-Lazare; The daredevil. Where were executed prisoners locked up in Saint Lazare - 1793 Stock Photo

RM2B9A9B0–[The prisons of Paris] Prison Saint-Lazare; The daredevil. Where were executed prisoners locked up in Saint Lazare - 1793

Photo of Republican soldiers captured by Franco's troops in Santander, Cantabria, Spain in August, 1937. On August 26, Spanish national units captured artillery and about 200 aircrafts by a concentrated offensive of ground forces. About 20,000 Republican soldiers were captured and placed temporarily in the bullfighting arena in Santander. Prisoners were mistreated and executed by the Spanish nationals. Stock Photo

RMTA16X8–Photo of Republican soldiers captured by Franco's troops in Santander, Cantabria, Spain in August, 1937. On August 26, Spanish national units captured artillery and about 200 aircrafts by a concentrated offensive of ground forces. About 20,000 Republican soldiers were captured and placed temporarily in the bullfighting arena in Santander. Prisoners were mistreated and executed by the Spanish nationals.

The notorious block 11 where prisoners were executed, Auschwitz concentration camp, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland Stock Photo

RMAE4E4Y–The notorious block 11 where prisoners were executed, Auschwitz concentration camp, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Poland

England, Europe, London, Southwark, The Clink Prison Museum, Exhibit of Executed Prisoners' Heads Stock Photo

RME7NY1N–England, Europe, London, Southwark, The Clink Prison Museum, Exhibit of Executed Prisoners' Heads

A mountain of thousands of shoes taken from executed prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland. Stock Photo

RF2D6H29T–A mountain of thousands of shoes taken from executed prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland.

Potsdam, Germany. 21st Jan, 2015. The exhibition 'Erschossen in Moskau' (lit. shot in Moscow) is being shown in the KGB prison memorial site on Leisikow Strasse in Potsdam, Germany, 21 January 2015. The exhibition shows biographies from executed prisoners of the former Soviet remand prison. Photo: Bernd Settnik/ZB/dpa/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMEF25XK–Potsdam, Germany. 21st Jan, 2015. The exhibition 'Erschossen in Moskau' (lit. shot in Moscow) is being shown in the KGB prison memorial site on Leisikow Strasse in Potsdam, Germany, 21 January 2015. The exhibition shows biographies from executed prisoners of the former Soviet remand prison. Photo: Bernd Settnik/ZB/dpa/Alamy Live News

The London Surgeons' Hall conveniently stood in the Old Bailey, near the court of conviction, Newgate and those about to be executed. It is a handsome building, ornamented with Ionic pilasters, and with a double flight of steps to the first floor. Beneath is a door for the admission of the bodies of murderers and other felons, who, after execution, were dissected in the Surgeons' Theatre, according to an Act passed in 1752, and which was only repealed in the reign of William IV. Stock Photo

RMRFT762–The London Surgeons' Hall conveniently stood in the Old Bailey, near the court of conviction, Newgate and those about to be executed. It is a handsome building, ornamented with Ionic pilasters, and with a double flight of steps to the first floor. Beneath is a door for the admission of the bodies of murderers and other felons, who, after execution, were dissected in the Surgeons' Theatre, according to an Act passed in 1752, and which was only repealed in the reign of William IV.

The Governor of Meux Executed by King Henry V on the tree whereon he used to hang his English Prisoners Stock Photo

RMDKA4PN–The Governor of Meux Executed by King Henry V on the tree whereon he used to hang his English Prisoners

Lincoln Castle, Executed convict gravestone, initials HD, 1867 Victorian crime punishment convicts prison prisoner prisoners Stock Photo

RMBTX479–Lincoln Castle, Executed convict gravestone, initials HD, 1867 Victorian crime punishment convicts prison prisoner prisoners

Exhibit of Executed Prisoners' Heads in Cairo XIX Century. Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879 Stock Photo

RM2G9M9J3–Exhibit of Executed Prisoners' Heads in Cairo XIX Century. Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

A Korean woman protests against a growing problem in China, the illegal trade of human organs, on a sidewalk in downtown Seoul on January 31, 2013. After years of denial, the Chinese government has admitted that China's booming transplant industry is heavily dependent on organs harvested from the country's large number of executed prisoners. UPI/Stephen Shaver Stock Photo

RMTXRW13–A Korean woman protests against a growing problem in China, the illegal trade of human organs, on a sidewalk in downtown Seoul on January 31, 2013. After years of denial, the Chinese government has admitted that China's booming transplant industry is heavily dependent on organs harvested from the country's large number of executed prisoners. UPI/Stephen Shaver

SOMALIA, Mogadishu: A handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, shows a view of Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After two decades of near-constant conflict, Somalia is enjoying its longest period of peace Stock Photo

RMGKM279–SOMALIA, Mogadishu: A handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, shows a view of Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After two decades of near-constant conflict, Somalia is enjoying its longest period of peace

Illustration from the Russian satirical journal Maski (Masks) depicting a row of prisoners tied to wooden posts and covered in white sheets about to be executed by firing squad within a prison complex, 1906. () Stock Photo

RMKGP9PD–Illustration from the Russian satirical journal Maski (Masks) depicting a row of prisoners tied to wooden posts and covered in white sheets about to be executed by firing squad within a prison complex, 1906. ()

This building held the gas chambers that executed prisoners on death row at Missouri State Penitentiary. Stock Photo

RF2RXGWJ2–This building held the gas chambers that executed prisoners on death row at Missouri State Penitentiary.

Newgate Prison 1805 chapel sightseers on the Sunday before condemned prisoners were executed by Rowlandson and Pugin Stock Photo

RMB7A8C9–Newgate Prison 1805 chapel sightseers on the Sunday before condemned prisoners were executed by Rowlandson and Pugin

Executions at Wexford Bridge, 20 June 1798. Thomas Dixon and followers massacred mostly loyalist prisoners on the bridge in Wexford town, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The act was condemned by returning rebel commanders who were in turn later executed on the bridge by the British after they had recaptured Wexford. Stock Photo

RM2EKC0CC–Executions at Wexford Bridge, 20 June 1798. Thomas Dixon and followers massacred mostly loyalist prisoners on the bridge in Wexford town, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The act was condemned by returning rebel commanders who were in turn later executed on the bridge by the British after they had recaptured Wexford.

RMD89XRG–INSURGENT PRISONERS

Budapest: Photos from 1958 executed political prisoners at the House of Terror ( Terror Haza ), Hungary, Budapest, Stock Photo

RMGEB70G–Budapest: Photos from 1958 executed political prisoners at the House of Terror ( Terror Haza ), Hungary, Budapest,

RM2K0E5PW–The bodies of prisoners executed by the Ustasa in Jasenovac. The Ustasa (Croatian Revolutionary Movement) or Ustase was a Croatian fascist organization, between 1929 and 1945. Jasenovac was a concentration and extermination camp established in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.

RMDR2ARW–COMMUNARD PRISONERS

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing the German Concentration Camps at Buchenwald and Struthof; four Allied soldiers inspect one of the ovens used to cremate the remains of executed prisoners. Stock Photo

RM2CWBN5W–Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing the German Concentration Camps at Buchenwald and Struthof; four Allied soldiers inspect one of the ovens used to cremate the remains of executed prisoners.

Glimpses of Old Newgate - Burial Ground of Executed Prisoners, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman wall around the city of London. Public hangings, of both men and women, took place outside the prison from 1783 and continued until 1868, when executions were carried out on gallows inside Newgate. In total, 1,169 people were executed - publicly or otherwise - at the prison. Many types of criminals were imprisoned at Newgate, and their offences varied from petty crime and theft, breaking and entering, highway r Stock Photo

RM2G733FF–Glimpses of Old Newgate - Burial Ground of Executed Prisoners, c1900. Newgate Prison, dating back to the 12th century, was originally located at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman wall around the city of London. Public hangings, of both men and women, took place outside the prison from 1783 and continued until 1868, when executions were carried out on gallows inside Newgate. In total, 1,169 people were executed - publicly or otherwise - at the prison. Many types of criminals were imprisoned at Newgate, and their offences varied from petty crime and theft, breaking and entering, highway r

Chinese Boxer prisoners executed at Tientsin, China during the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion 1901 Stock Photo

RMKJ1GBE–Chinese Boxer prisoners executed at Tientsin, China during the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion 1901

Vandalized memorial stone commemorating executed prisoners from Herzogenbusch concentration camp. Camp Vught National Memorial. Netherlands Stock Photo

RM2A3FXJJ–Vandalized memorial stone commemorating executed prisoners from Herzogenbusch concentration camp. Camp Vught National Memorial. Netherlands

RMEF25XN–Potsdam, Germany. 21st Jan, 2015. The exhibition 'Erschossen in Moskau' (lit. shot in Moscow) is being shown in the KGB prison memorial site on Leisikow Strasse in Potsdam, Germany, 21 January 2015. The exhibition shows biographies from executed prisoners of the former Soviet remand prison. Photo: Bernd Settnik/ZB/dpa/Alamy Live News

WW1/ Executed rebels. On June 2nd 1918, Slovak soldiers, former Russian prisoners of war, revolted in the Serbian town of Kragujevec. After the revolt had been put down, forty four of these soldiers (belonging to the reserve battalion of the 7th infantry regiment) were executed. Stock Photo

RMWH9WRA–WW1/ Executed rebels. On June 2nd 1918, Slovak soldiers, former Russian prisoners of war, revolted in the Serbian town of Kragujevec. After the revolt had been put down, forty four of these soldiers (belonging to the reserve battalion of the 7th infantry regiment) were executed.

RMDKA4P4–The Governor of Meux Executed by King Henry V on the tree whereon he used to hang his English Prisoners

The bodies of prisoners executed by the SS prior to the evacuation are laid out in a wooded area near the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Ohrdurf was a forced labour camp, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald complex. As the allies approched the SS evacuated the camp by forced marches and murdering those to weak to walk. An estimated 7000 people died there. The camp was liberated by the US Army on 4th April 1945 Stock Photo

RM2Y37F7D–The bodies of prisoners executed by the SS prior to the evacuation are laid out in a wooded area near the Ohrdruf concentration camp. Ohrdurf was a forced labour camp, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald complex. As the allies approched the SS evacuated the camp by forced marches and murdering those to weak to walk. An estimated 7000 people died there. The camp was liberated by the US Army on 4th April 1945

RM2G9CE0K–Exhibit of Executed Prisoners' Heads in Cairo XIX Century. Egypt, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

RMTXRW0R–A Korean woman protests against a growing problem in China, the illegal trade of human organs, on a sidewalk in downtown Seoul on January 31, 2013. After years of denial, the Chinese government has admitted that China's booming transplant industry is heavily dependent on organs harvested from the country's large number of executed prisoners. UPI/Stephen Shaver

RMGKM28N–SOMALIA, Mogadishu: A handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, shows two Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) standing inside Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After two

List of executed political prisoners in museum of repression, in Albania Stock Photo

RF2WJMFGP–List of executed political prisoners in museum of repression, in Albania

Louis XVI and his family, prisoners in The Temple, Paris, France, 1792. Louis XVI, 1754 – 1793. Last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915. Stock Photo

RMM6WDA9–Louis XVI and his family, prisoners in The Temple, Paris, France, 1792. Louis XVI, 1754 – 1793. Last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Recorded: August 29.1936. Republican workers are lead by Franco's troops to be executed. On the ground are spanish soldiers murdered by the workers Stock Photo

RMTA3AW9–Recorded: August 29.1936. Republican workers are lead by Franco's troops to be executed. On the ground are spanish soldiers murdered by the workers

LEONARD SIFFLEET (1916-1943) Australian Commando executed by Yasuno Chikao at Aitape, New Guinea, 24 October 1943. Stock Photo

RMJJEA5F–LEONARD SIFFLEET (1916-1943) Australian Commando executed by Yasuno Chikao at Aitape, New Guinea, 24 October 1943.

Skulls of executed prisoners inside the memorial at the Killing Fields, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia Stock Photo

RMAJCYCT–Skulls of executed prisoners inside the memorial at the Killing Fields, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia

RMGEB6X4–Budapest: Photos from 1958 executed political prisoners at the House of Terror ( Terror Haza ), Hungary, Budapest,

GERMANS HANG SOVIET CIVILIANS. Five Russians await hanging near the town of Velizh in the Smolensk region of NW Russia in September 1941. German soldiers await the order to tip over the makeshift platform while the next group to be executed stand behind blindfolded. In September 1942 German occupation forces murdered all but 17 of the town's 1440 Jewish population. Stock Photo

RM2B6JRJ1–GERMANS HANG SOVIET CIVILIANS. Five Russians await hanging near the town of Velizh in the Smolensk region of NW Russia in September 1941. German soldiers await the order to tip over the makeshift platform while the next group to be executed stand behind blindfolded. In September 1942 German occupation forces murdered all but 17 of the town's 1440 Jewish population.

Sinn Fein prisoners at Richmond Barracks Easter uprising 1916 Stock Photo

RMFTA2TB–Sinn Fein prisoners at Richmond Barracks Easter uprising 1916

Twenty Polish prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp awaiting execution. They were hanged in retaliation for the killing of a German camp guard. Buchenwald and its 139 sub-camps were forced labour camps not death camps and there were no gas chambers there. However poor conditions, abuse and executions led to 56500 deaths there. It was liberated by the US Army on the 11th April 1945. Stock Photo

RM2XXF440–Twenty Polish prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp awaiting execution. They were hanged in retaliation for the killing of a German camp guard. Buchenwald and its 139 sub-camps were forced labour camps not death camps and there were no gas chambers there. However poor conditions, abuse and executions led to 56500 deaths there. It was liberated by the US Army on the 11th April 1945.

Sennacherib watches the capture of Lachish. Assyrian relief, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, South-West Palace, Room XXXVI, panela 11-13. Sennacherib, on a throne, watches as prisoners are brought before him and sometimes executed. Stock Photo

RMEX74A3–Sennacherib watches the capture of Lachish. Assyrian relief, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, South-West Palace, Room XXXVI, panela 11-13. Sennacherib, on a throne, watches as prisoners are brought before him and sometimes executed.

Jul. 07, 1962 - ''The Great Escape'': During World War II, 76 allied prisoners-of-war succeeded to escape from prisoners camp Stalag Air III which was said to be ''escape-proof''. 50 refugees were discovered and executed. Two found their way to freedom (they reached Sweden). The reamaining were taken into prison again. This greatest mass escape of allied prisoners-of-war is now being made into a film by John Sturges at Munich-Geiselgasteig for an American film production. For the film, the camp Stalag Air III has been reconstructed according to the original Stock Photo

RME0WEB0–Jul. 07, 1962 - ''The Great Escape'': During World War II, 76 allied prisoners-of-war succeeded to escape from prisoners camp Stalag Air III which was said to be ''escape-proof''. 50 refugees were discovered and executed. Two found their way to freedom (they reached Sweden). The reamaining were taken into prison again. This greatest mass escape of allied prisoners-of-war is now being made into a film by John Sturges at Munich-Geiselgasteig for an American film production. For the film, the camp Stalag Air III has been reconstructed according to the original

KING RICHARD I of England watches as 2700 prisoners are executed following the capture of Acre in 1191 on the Third Crusade Stock Photo

RMBFR1BJ–KING RICHARD I of England watches as 2700 prisoners are executed following the capture of Acre in 1191 on the Third Crusade

RMEF25XW–Potsdam, Germany. 21st Jan, 2015. The exhibition 'Erschossen in Moskau' (lit. shot in Moscow) is being shown in the KGB prison memorial site on Leisikow Strasse in Potsdam, Germany, 21 January 2015. The exhibition shows biographies from executed prisoners of the former Soviet remand prison. Photo: Bernd Settnik/ZB/dpa/Alamy Live News

WW1/ The corpses of three Czech communists, Red Army soldiers who had been taken prisoners in the battle of Samara (the present-day town of Ulijanovsk) by Czech legionaries and executed on June 5th 1918 without trial for having fought in the ranks of the Red Army. Stock Photo

RMWH9WP0–WW1/ The corpses of three Czech communists, Red Army soldiers who had been taken prisoners in the battle of Samara (the present-day town of Ulijanovsk) by Czech legionaries and executed on June 5th 1918 without trial for having fought in the ranks of the Red Army.

24 January 2020, Poland, Oswiecim: The clothes of executed prisoners can be seen in Block 11, in a washroom at the exit to the Black Wall in the former Auschwitz I concentration camp. 27.01.2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp by the Red Army. From 1940 to 1945, the SS operated the complex with numerous satellite camps as concentration and extermination camps. The number of those murdered amounts to 1.1 to 1.5 million, most of them Jews. Auschwitz stands as a symbol of industrial mass murder and the extermination of the Jews. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa Stock Photo

RM2APP3G7–24 January 2020, Poland, Oswiecim: The clothes of executed prisoners can be seen in Block 11, in a washroom at the exit to the Black Wall in the former Auschwitz I concentration camp. 27.01.2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp by the Red Army. From 1940 to 1945, the SS operated the complex with numerous satellite camps as concentration and extermination camps. The number of those murdered amounts to 1.1 to 1.5 million, most of them Jews. Auschwitz stands as a symbol of industrial mass murder and the extermination of the Jews. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

A 1920 published image of new inmates in Sing Sing jail waiting for breakfast. The Sing Sing maximum-security prison or Correctional Facility is in the village of Ossining, New York, USA. Its name was derived from the Sintsink native American tribe from whom the land was purchased in 1685. It was a model prison in its time, turning a profit from the work of inmates. Despite this, 614 men and women including four inmates under federal death sentences, were executed by electric chair by the time the death penalty was abolished in 1972 Stock Photo

RM2D6GX69–A 1920 published image of new inmates in Sing Sing jail waiting for breakfast. The Sing Sing maximum-security prison or Correctional Facility is in the village of Ossining, New York, USA. Its name was derived from the Sintsink native American tribe from whom the land was purchased in 1685. It was a model prison in its time, turning a profit from the work of inmates. Despite this, 614 men and women including four inmates under federal death sentences, were executed by electric chair by the time the death penalty was abolished in 1972

Former machine gun and pistol shooting range where Soviet prisoners were executed, SS-Shooting Range Hebertshausen, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany. Stock Photo

RM2A4P5B0–Former machine gun and pistol shooting range where Soviet prisoners were executed, SS-Shooting Range Hebertshausen, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany.

RMTXRW0Y–A Korean woman protests against a growing problem in China, the illegal trade of human organs, on a sidewalk in downtown Seoul on January 31, 2013. After years of denial, the Chinese government has admitted that China's booming transplant industry is heavily dependent on organs harvested from the country's large number of executed prisoners. UPI/Stephen Shaver

RMGKM278–SOMALIA, Mogadishu: A handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, shows a Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walks across the former football pitch inside Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosiv

Serbian civilian prisoners arranged in a semi-circle, executed by an Austrian firing squad in World War I. Stock Photo

RM2J0TB4H–Serbian civilian prisoners arranged in a semi-circle, executed by an Austrian firing squad in World War I.

Critias ordering the execution of Theramenes, 404 BC. After the fall of Athens to the Spartans, Critias, as one of the Thirty Tyrants, blacklisted many of its citizens. Most of his prisoners were executed and their wealth confiscated. Critias, c. 460 – 403 BC. Athenian political figure and author. Theramenes, died 404 BC. Athenian statesman. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915. Stock Photo

RMKB80FE–Critias ordering the execution of Theramenes, 404 BC. After the fall of Athens to the Spartans, Critias, as one of the Thirty Tyrants, blacklisted many of its citizens. Most of his prisoners were executed and their wealth confiscated. Critias, c. 460 – 403 BC. Athenian political figure and author. Theramenes, died 404 BC. Athenian statesman. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Execution yard between accommodation blocks 10 11 where prisoners were shot / executed by firing squad. Auschwitz camp. Poland Stock Photo

RMBG25D8–Execution yard between accommodation blocks 10 11 where prisoners were shot / executed by firing squad. Auschwitz camp. Poland

1944 The Times page 4 reporting Allied Airmen Executed by the Gestapo Stock Photo

RMF22FND–1944 The Times page 4 reporting Allied Airmen Executed by the Gestapo

RMAJCYBP–Skulls of executed prisoners inside the memorial at the Killing Fields, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia

RMGEB6YX–Budapest: Photos from 1958 executed political prisoners at the House of Terror ( Terror Haza ), Hungary, Budapest,

Auschwitz Concentration camp The Wall Of Death Flowers to commemorate the prsioners shot there by the Nazis Stock Photo

RMAMWF83–Auschwitz Concentration camp The Wall Of Death Flowers to commemorate the prsioners shot there by the Nazis

The wall that prisoners stood in front of waiting to be executed, Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland Stock Photo

RFD23WB0–The wall that prisoners stood in front of waiting to be executed, Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland

Guillotine on display at Hỏa Lò Prison, used by French colonists to execute political prisoners in Hanoi, Vietnam Stock Photo

RMM6G7C9–Guillotine on display at Hỏa Lò Prison, used by French colonists to execute political prisoners in Hanoi, Vietnam

Lincoln Castle, Executed convict gravestone, initials WFH, 1872 Victorian crime punishment convicts prison prisoner prisoners Stock Photo

RMBTX46E–Lincoln Castle, Executed convict gravestone, initials WFH, 1872 Victorian crime punishment convicts prison prisoner prisoners

German internment camp in Fort VII of Toruń Fortress. Polish prisoners during the roll call. In the first months of German occupation few thousand Poles were imprisonment in Fort VII. At least 600 of them were executed in Barbarka forest. One of them was Ignacy Styczeń from Gostkowo (second from the right). Stock Photo

RM2BYX595–German internment camp in Fort VII of Toruń Fortress. Polish prisoners during the roll call. In the first months of German occupation few thousand Poles were imprisonment in Fort VII. At least 600 of them were executed in Barbarka forest. One of them was Ignacy Styczeń from Gostkowo (second from the right).

RMAG02NA–Skulls of executed prisoners inside the memorial at the Killing Fields near Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1824 woodcut - James Dowson (aka Jemmy Dawson) last meeting with his fiance before being executed for his part in a rebellion. Dowson or Dawson was one of a number of prisoners (including Francis Townley who were arrested for joining a rebellion against the king of England in 1715 . James Dawson was said to be an educated Lancastrian from a good family background. Stock Photo

RM2H6AAAC–1824 woodcut - James Dowson (aka Jemmy Dawson) last meeting with his fiance before being executed for his part in a rebellion. Dowson or Dawson was one of a number of prisoners (including Francis Townley who were arrested for joining a rebellion against the king of England in 1715 . James Dawson was said to be an educated Lancastrian from a good family background.

Indians cast heads of Spanish prisoners at feet of Cortes. Miquel Gonzolez 1698. Painting on mother of pearl. Museo de Americo, Madrid. Stock Photo

RMWHB21W–Indians cast heads of Spanish prisoners at feet of Cortes. Miquel Gonzolez 1698. Painting on mother of pearl. Museo de Americo, Madrid.

American troops prepare Major General Anton Dostler for execution. Dostler was executed for having ordered the shooting of 15 U.S. soldiers captured behind German lines in March 1944. The Americans were on a sabotage mission and according to the Hague Convention should have been treated as prisoners of war upon their capture. Dostler, however, claimed in his defense that he was simply carrying out orders, the so-called 'Commando Order,' he and other German officers had received directly from Adolf Hitler to execute Allied troops captured in German-occupied territory if they were on intelligen Stock Photo

RM2Y1AEKH–American troops prepare Major General Anton Dostler for execution. Dostler was executed for having ordered the shooting of 15 U.S. soldiers captured behind German lines in March 1944. The Americans were on a sabotage mission and according to the Hague Convention should have been treated as prisoners of war upon their capture. Dostler, however, claimed in his defense that he was simply carrying out orders, the so-called 'Commando Order,' he and other German officers had received directly from Adolf Hitler to execute Allied troops captured in German-occupied territory if they were on intelligen

. English: Fleuron from book: An authentic account of the trials, behaviour, and dying declaration, of the five malefactors, who were executed at Kennington-Common, on Monday the 23d of April, 1770, for the divers robberies they had committed in the county of Surrey. To which is added, the behaviour and dying words of Stephen Gregory, a Russian, Who was Executed on Monday the 9th Instant, at Esher, for the Murder of Mrs. Herne. Also an abstract of the trials of the other prisoners who were tried at the said Assizes, at Kingston. 310 An authentic account of the trials Fleuron T117711-1 Stock Photo

RMP0BJD9–. English: Fleuron from book: An authentic account of the trials, behaviour, and dying declaration, of the five malefactors, who were executed at Kennington-Common, on Monday the 23d of April, 1770, for the divers robberies they had committed in the county of Surrey. To which is added, the behaviour and dying words of Stephen Gregory, a Russian, Who was Executed on Monday the 9th Instant, at Esher, for the Murder of Mrs. Herne. Also an abstract of the trials of the other prisoners who were tried at the said Assizes, at Kingston. 310 An authentic account of the trials Fleuron T117711-1

Former machine gun and pistol shooting stand where Soviet prisoners were executed, SS-Shooting Range Hebertshausen, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany. Stock Photo

RM2A4P5C2–Former machine gun and pistol shooting stand where Soviet prisoners were executed, SS-Shooting Range Hebertshausen, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany.

RMTXRW0X–A Korean woman protests against a growing problem in China, the illegal trade of human organs, on a sidewalk in downtown Seoul on January 31, 2013. After years of denial, the Chinese government has admitted that China's booming transplant industry is heavily dependent on organs harvested from the country's large number of executed prisoners. UPI/Stephen Shaver

SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, two Somali workers are framed through an entrance under an Olympic cauldron in Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After two decades of near-co Stock Photo

RMGKM28M–SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, two Somali workers are framed through an entrance under an Olympic cauldron in Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After two decades of near-co

From 'The Descriptive Album of London' by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : ' NEWGATE PRISON, In 1782 it prison. open space in front,in Newgate Street, dates from 1770, it is about to be pulled. down, it takes its name from the adjacent City gate, which was long used as a was restored after having been partly destroyed in the Gordon Riots. The interior was rebuilt in and arranged in separate cells. In the executions used to take place, but since 1868, the prisoners condetnned to death are executed within the building. ' Stock Photo

RF2A80PBN–From 'The Descriptive Album of London' by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : ' NEWGATE PRISON, In 1782 it prison. open space in front,in Newgate Street, dates from 1770, it is about to be pulled. down, it takes its name from the adjacent City gate, which was long used as a was restored after having been partly destroyed in the Gordon Riots. The interior was rebuilt in and arranged in separate cells. In the executions used to take place, but since 1868, the prisoners condetnned to death are executed within the building. '

Memorial service for Edith Cavell, Japsrer National Park, Canada, at the foot of the mountain that bears her name. c.1920. A 3,300-metre peak, Mount Edith Cavell is named after a British nurse executed during World War I for her part in helping Allied prisoners escape occupied Brussels. Stock Photo

RM2AF0D46–Memorial service for Edith Cavell, Japsrer National Park, Canada, at the foot of the mountain that bears her name. c.1920. A 3,300-metre peak, Mount Edith Cavell is named after a British nurse executed during World War I for her part in helping Allied prisoners escape occupied Brussels.

Richard the Lion-Heart in reprisal Massacres captives. 12th century. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century. Colored. Stock Photo

RMH2A9GM–Richard the Lion-Heart in reprisal Massacres captives. 12th century. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century. Colored.

1944 Evening Standard front page reporting Allied Airmen Executed by the Gestapo Stock Photo

RMF22FMT–1944 Evening Standard front page reporting Allied Airmen Executed by the Gestapo

Oliver's Wharf at Wapping Old Stairs, on River Thames at low water; site of Execution Dock, where prisoners were executed en masse after arrival from the Marshalsea Prison; by pub 'Town of Ramsgate', a 16th century seamen's inn. Charles Dickens, English novelist, had a lifetime connection with Wapping and Limehouse, setting numerous scenes by the river, including Quilp's yard in The Old Curiosity Shop and Captain Cuttle's home in Dombey And Son. Stock Photo

RMFW5M2N–Oliver's Wharf at Wapping Old Stairs, on River Thames at low water; site of Execution Dock, where prisoners were executed en masse after arrival from the Marshalsea Prison; by pub 'Town of Ramsgate', a 16th century seamen's inn. Charles Dickens, English novelist, had a lifetime connection with Wapping and Limehouse, setting numerous scenes by the river, including Quilp's yard in The Old Curiosity Shop and Captain Cuttle's home in Dombey And Son.

09/30/1915. The Prisoners of Porcuna. Antonio Ramírez, executed yesterday in Jaén, and his brother Justo, who has been pardoned. Photo: Bonifacio de la Rosa -Approximate date. Credit: Album / Archivo ABC Stock Photo

RM2TE0W4H–09/30/1915. The Prisoners of Porcuna. Antonio Ramírez, executed yesterday in Jaén, and his brother Justo, who has been pardoned. Photo: Bonifacio de la Rosa -Approximate date. Credit: Album / Archivo ABC

The picture shows the court of Munich Luitpold Gymnasium. There, ten prisoners of the Thule Society had been shot by revolutionaries in the last days of the Munich Soviet Republic, the so-called hostage murder. Before the trial of the murderers in September, a memorial plaque was mounted at the place of the incident, bearing the names of the executed. Stock Photo

RMTA44E8–The picture shows the court of Munich Luitpold Gymnasium. There, ten prisoners of the Thule Society had been shot by revolutionaries in the last days of the Munich Soviet Republic, the so-called hostage murder. Before the trial of the murderers in September, a memorial plaque was mounted at the place of the incident, bearing the names of the executed.

Reflection of a cells in the photo of Avshalom Haviv who was a member of the Irgun Jewish underground organization in Mandatory Palestine, and was executed by the British authorities at the former Acre or Akko Prison and current the Underground Prisoners Museum which was built during the Ottoman period over the ruins of a 12th-century Crusader fortress in the old city of Acre northern Israel. In the time of the British Mandate many Arabs were imprisoned in this prison as criminals or for participating in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. It contained also Jewish prisoners, members of und Stock Photo

RMTWAYPP–Reflection of a cells in the photo of Avshalom Haviv who was a member of the Irgun Jewish underground organization in Mandatory Palestine, and was executed by the British authorities at the former Acre or Akko Prison and current the Underground Prisoners Museum which was built during the Ottoman period over the ruins of a 12th-century Crusader fortress in the old city of Acre northern Israel. In the time of the British Mandate many Arabs were imprisoned in this prison as criminals or for participating in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. It contained also Jewish prisoners, members of und

'The Murder of Edith Cavell' by George Bellows, 1918. Edith Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse who was executed by German forces during World War I. This print shows Cavell pausing while descending a stairway at a prison in Belgium, prior to her execution. Stock Photo

RMGBJ149–'The Murder of Edith Cavell' by George Bellows, 1918. Edith Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse who was executed by German forces during World War I. This print shows Cavell pausing while descending a stairway at a prison in Belgium, prior to her execution.

Cilacap, Indonesia. 29th July, 2016. Ambulances carrying the bodies of executed prisoners walked out from Nusakambangan penitentiary. Despite reaping a lot of criticism, Indonesian goverment still carry out the stage 3 execution to four prisoners on drugs cases. The four executed prisoners is Seck Osmani (Senegal), Humprey Eijeke (Nigeria), Michael Titus (Nigeria) and Fredy Budiman (Indonesia) the drugs dealer. Credit: Tubagus Aditya Irawan/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News Stock Photo

RMGF81RX–Cilacap, Indonesia. 29th July, 2016. Ambulances carrying the bodies of executed prisoners walked out from Nusakambangan penitentiary. Despite reaping a lot of criticism, Indonesian goverment still carry out the stage 3 execution to four prisoners on drugs cases. The four executed prisoners is Seck Osmani (Senegal), Humprey Eijeke (Nigeria), Michael Titus (Nigeria) and Fredy Budiman (Indonesia) the drugs dealer. Credit: Tubagus Aditya Irawan/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

THE WALL AT AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE PRISONERS WERE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD PIC MIKE WALKER, Stock Photo

RF2F5145W–THE WALL AT AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE PRISONERS WERE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD PIC MIKE WALKER,

RMAG02N7–Skulls of executed prisoners inside the memorial at the Killing Fields near Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Some of the documented prisoners who were murdered by the Khymer Rouge under orders from Pol Pot from 1975-1979, at Choeung Ek Killing Fields Genocide Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Stock Photo

RMM90ADG–Some of the documented prisoners who were murdered by the Khymer Rouge under orders from Pol Pot from 1975-1979, at Choeung Ek Killing Fields Genocide Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Yard at Kilmainham Gaol where prisoners were executed following the 1916 uprising, Dublin, Ireland Stock Photo

RM2AB8EHK–Yard at Kilmainham Gaol where prisoners were executed following the 1916 uprising, Dublin, Ireland

The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula ('St. Peter in chains'), the parish church of the Tower of London is situated within the Tower's Inner Ward and dates from 1520. The Chapel is probably best known as the burial place of some of the most famous prisoners executed at the Tower, including Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More and John Fisher. Stock Photo

RMKXJY30–The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula ('St. Peter in chains'), the parish church of the Tower of London is situated within the Tower's Inner Ward and dates from 1520. The Chapel is probably best known as the burial place of some of the most famous prisoners executed at the Tower, including Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More and John Fisher.

. English: Fleuron from book: A true relation of that honorable, though unfortunate expedition of Kent, Essex, and Colchester, in 1648. Containing, I. The first rising of the gentry and inhabitants of the county of Kent. II. The Blockade of the Town of Colchester, and the Hardships they underwent till it's Surrender. III. Several Letters and Messages which passed between the Royalists and General Fairfax. IV. Articles and Conditions of Surrender. V. A List of the Prisoners. VI. The heroic Actions, Character and Behaviour of Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, who were executed at Colcheste Stock Photo

RMP0EN0H–. English: Fleuron from book: A true relation of that honorable, though unfortunate expedition of Kent, Essex, and Colchester, in 1648. Containing, I. The first rising of the gentry and inhabitants of the county of Kent. II. The Blockade of the Town of Colchester, and the Hardships they underwent till it's Surrender. III. Several Letters and Messages which passed between the Royalists and General Fairfax. IV. Articles and Conditions of Surrender. V. A List of the Prisoners. VI. The heroic Actions, Character and Behaviour of Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, who were executed at Colcheste

Prisoner view from former MG & pistol shooting stand where Soviet prisoners were executed, SS-Shooting Range Hebertshausen, Dachau, Germany. Stock Photo

RM2A4P5EW–Prisoner view from former MG & pistol shooting stand where Soviet prisoners were executed, SS-Shooting Range Hebertshausen, Dachau, Germany.

RMTXRW0W–A Korean woman protests against a growing problem in China, the illegal trade of human organs, on a sidewalk in downtown Seoul on January 31, 2013. After years of denial, the Chinese government has admitted that China's booming transplant industry is heavily dependent on organs harvested from the country's large number of executed prisoners. UPI/Stephen Shaver

RMGKM27C–SOMALIA, Mogadishu: A handout photograph dated 12 January and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 16 January, shows a Ugandan soldier serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walking inside Mogadishu National Stadium. Formerly a main base for the Al-Qaeda-allied violent extremist group Al Shabaab, the once impressive stadium was used as a headquarters for the group's operations in Mogadishu, a training ground for their fighters and a site where they executed prisoners and tested and assembled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After two de

Memorial to Edith Cavell, a British nurse who was arrested and executed for helping Allied prisoners escape during WW1. The staute stands in St Martin Stock Photo

RMT58NPE–Memorial to Edith Cavell, a British nurse who was arrested and executed for helping Allied prisoners escape during WW1. The staute stands in St Martin

This is an engraving of the execution of rebels following the Jacobite rebellion in 1745-1746. The prisoners on the scaffold are surrounded by soldiers, and by large crowds on foot and in grandstands.1746 Stock Photo

RMGCYH1E–This is an engraving of the execution of rebels following the Jacobite rebellion in 1745-1746. The prisoners on the scaffold are surrounded by soldiers, and by large crowds on foot and in grandstands.1746

Board showing Polish prisoners hanged on 19 July 1943 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Auschwitz, Poland Stock Photo

RMEDPTJX–Board showing Polish prisoners hanged on 19 July 1943 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Auschwitz, Poland

1944 Daily Telegraph page 3 reporting Allied Airmen Executed by the Gestapo Stock Photo

RMF22FN6–1944 Daily Telegraph page 3 reporting Allied Airmen Executed by the Gestapo

Victorian wharf at low water, with wooden bulwarks and cast iron fittings, at Wapping Old Stairs, on River Thames; close to site of Execution Dock, where prisoners were executed en masse after arrival from the Marshalsea Prison. Charles Dickens had a number of Wapping and Limehouse connections, the earliest being his godfather Christopher Huffam, a rigger, who lived at No.5 Church Row (now Newell Street) and had his sail loft nearby. Dickens would visit him here aged eleven. When he was of more mature years, Dickens spent some time in the pub he called 'The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters', almos Stock Photo

RMFW5M3E–Victorian wharf at low water, with wooden bulwarks and cast iron fittings, at Wapping Old Stairs, on River Thames; close to site of Execution Dock, where prisoners were executed en masse after arrival from the Marshalsea Prison. Charles Dickens had a number of Wapping and Limehouse connections, the earliest being his godfather Christopher Huffam, a rigger, who lived at No.5 Church Row (now Newell Street) and had his sail loft nearby. Dickens would visit him here aged eleven. When he was of more mature years, Dickens spent some time in the pub he called 'The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters', almos

Memorial place at the Dreef where on 7 March 1945 fifteen prisoners were executed by the Germans in retaliation for an attack, May 1945, liberation, monuments, resistance fighters, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time Stock Photo

RM2FX6ACK–Memorial place at the Dreef where on 7 March 1945 fifteen prisoners were executed by the Germans in retaliation for an attack, May 1945, liberation, monuments, resistance fighters, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time

Travel to Poland Warsaw. Citadel: place of execution of Polish freedom fighters. A cell car for the transport of prisoners to be executed Date: 1934 Location: Poland, Warsaw Keywords: executions, carriages, transport Stock Photo

RM2APY0AM–Travel to Poland Warsaw. Citadel: place of execution of Polish freedom fighters. A cell car for the transport of prisoners to be executed Date: 1934 Location: Poland, Warsaw Keywords: executions, carriages, transport

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